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12-letter words containing i, r, o, n, s, m

  • 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.
  • recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • 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.
  • reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
  • reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
  • saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
  • saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
  • salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
  • satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
  • schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
  • senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
  • sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
  • sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
  • sensorimotor — Psychology. of or relating to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Compare ideomotor.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • sink or swim — fail or succeed
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
  • somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
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