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12-letter words containing i, n, m, a, r

  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
  • tank farming — hydroponics.
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
  • thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
  • timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • trailing arm — A trailing arm is part of the suspension for the axle of a vehicle which moves up and down as the vehicle travels over a bumpy surface.
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
  • transformist — an adherent of transformism.
  • transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
  • transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • transmission — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
  • transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
  • traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • trinacriform — three-pronged
  • trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
  • trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
  • triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
  • trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
  • trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
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