12-letter words containing m, e, r, u, t
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- quarter mile — an event in which competitors run a quarter mile or 400 metres
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- re-equipment — the act of re-equipping
- re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- reaccumulate — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassurement — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- recomforture — consolation; comfort
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- 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.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- requirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- southernmost — farthest south.
- square meter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. 2 , sq. m. Abbreviation: m.
- steel lumber — metal lumber composed of sheet steel.
- 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.