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12-letter words containing i, m, p, o, r, t

  • prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
  • pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
  • programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
  • prom monitor — (operating system)   a small program stored in PROM (or ROM), responsible for both loading the OS and providing some means to analyse OS crashes. It may also have some sort of user interface which can be used to examine and change the contents of memory, control the boot process (specifying arguments to the kernel, or changing where to look for the it), and so forth. The main difference between a PROM monitor and a bootstrap loader is that the PROM monitor regains control when the OS terminates. This may enable a wizard to find out what went wrong if the OS crashed, although it is usually of little help for the average sysadmin.
  • 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.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • proprio motu — by one's own volition; on one's own initiative.
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • prothalamium — prothalamion.
  • protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
  • protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
  • protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
  • provitamin a — carotene.
  • proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • pteridosperm — seed fern.
  • puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • pyromorphite — a mineral, lead chlorophosphate, Pb 5 P 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in crystalline and massive forms, and of a green, yellow, or brown color; green lead ore: a minor ore of lead.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
  • redemptioner — an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.
  • redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
  • repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
  • respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
  • respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
  • rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
  • somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
  • spermophytic — able to produce seed
  • streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
  • thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
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