12-letter words containing i, m, p, o, r, t
- 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.
- optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
- ornithomorph — the artistic representation of a bird
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- peremptorily — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- photochromic — (of chemically treated glass or plastic) capable of darkening or changing color when exposed to light.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
- phototropism — phototropic tendency or growth.
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pleiotropism — the condition of a gene affecting more than one characteristic of the phenotype
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyrhythmic — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
- porismatical — porismatic
- porto amelia — former name of Pemba (def 2).
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- premigration — occurring before migration
- primary root — the first root produced by a germinating seed, developing from the radicle of the embryo.