12-letter words containing m, a, r, e, n, o
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- 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.
- 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-animation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassortment — the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- road manager — The road manager of someone such as a singer or sports player is the person who organizes their travel and other arrangements during a tour.
- 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.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rodomontader — a person who boasts or brags
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- roman empire — the lands and peoples subject to the authority of ancient Rome.
- 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.