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

  • motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
  • motor-minded — disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.
  • mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
  • multicolored — of several or many colors.
  • multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
  • multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
  • multistoried — Multi-storey.
  • multitowered — comprising several towers
  • muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
  • nonmotorized — not equipped with a motor
  • orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
  • ornithomimid — (zoology) Any member of the Ornithomimidae.
  • orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
  • overdominant — excessively dominant
  • overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  • 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.
  • periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • 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
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • pteridosperm — seed fern.
  • radioelement — a radioactive element.
  • radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
  • radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
  • 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.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • rhytidectomy — face-lift.
  • rigid motion — any transformation, as a translation or rotation, of a set such that the distance between points is preserved.
  • romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
  • semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • 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.
  • timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
  • time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
  • trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
  • trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
  • turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
  • typhoid maryMary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
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