12-letter words containing e, m, a, n, t
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- preformation — previous formation.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premigration — occurring before migration
- present arms — a position of salute in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.
- pretreatment — to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quantum cell — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum dot cell") A structure comprising four quantum dots arranged in a square, with two diagonally opposed dots containing electron charges. One diagonal containing charges is arbitrarily defined as representing a value of '1', the other as '0'. In a five-dot cell, the fifth, central dot contains no charge. See also: quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- race meeting — A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- raman effect — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- re-animation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- re-enactment — the act of enacting.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- reassortment — the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassurement — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reattachment — connecting or fastening again
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- rejectamenta — things that have been thrown away as worthless
- remnant sale — a sale of items that are unwanted or left over, sold at a lower price
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade