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12-letter words containing m, e, i, s, t, r

  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stereoisomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting stereoisomerism.
  • stereometric — the measurement of volumes.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • street crime — Street crime refers to crime such as vandalism, car theft and mugging that are usually committed outdoors.
  • streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • stress-timed — having a rhythm in which stressed syllables tend to occur at regular intervals of time, regardless of the number of intervening unstressed syllables.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
  • stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
  • struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
  • taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  • tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
  • tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
  • thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-release — timed-release.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • times square — a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
  • tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
  • transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
  • trismegistus — Hermes Trismegistus.
  • tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
  • turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
  • ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
  • vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
  • visceromotor — of or relating to the normal movements of the viscera, especially the digestive tract.
  • volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
  • von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • what is more — moreover, in addition
  • wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
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