12-letter words containing m, a, r, e, n, o
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- 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.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- 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.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- 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
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- 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.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- 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.
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
- uncommercial — not engaged in or involved with commerce or trade.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undreamed of — If you describe something as undreamed of, you are emphasizing that it is much better, worse, or more unusual than you thought was possible.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unimolecular — of or involving only one molecular entity
- unimportance — a lack of importance