12-letter words containing m, c, n, e, r
- 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
- 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.
- re-emergence — the act or process of emerging.
- re-enactment — the act of enacting.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- reattachment — connecting or fastening again
- 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.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- recommitment — to commit again.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- 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.
- reindictment — an act of indicting.
- rejectamenta — things that have been thrown away as worthless
- remembrancer — a person who reminds another of something.
- reminiscence — the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- retrenchment — the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
- 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.
- 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.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- scene master — (on a switchboard) a master switch that controls several lighting circuits.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- scribblement — a scribble
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- 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.
- semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- small screen — the medium of television.
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.