12-letter words containing e, m, a, r
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- organigramme — (British, management) An organisation chart.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- osteosarcoma — a malignant tumor of the bone.
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overmannered — excessively mannered
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overornament — to decorate excessively
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- parade armor — ornamented armor worn only for ceremonial purposes.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parallel sml — ["Parallel SML: A Functional Language and its Implementation in Dactl", Kevin Hammond, Pitman Press 1990].
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parameterize — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body