12-letter words containing m, a, n, e, r
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preformation — previous formation.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premigration — occurring before migration
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenominally — before a noun
- present arms — a position of salute in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.
- pretreatment — to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it.
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- prochein ami — next friend.
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- 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.
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quadriennium — quadrennium.
- race meeting — A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days.
- race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- raman effect — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- random error — an error that has a random distribution and can be attributed to chance.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- re-animation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- re-enactment — the act of enacting.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.