12-letter words containing m, e, t, r, y
- pastry cream — a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etc
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- peremptorily — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- permittivity — Electricity. the ratio of the flux density produced by an electric field in a given dielectric to the flux density produced by that field in a vacuum.
- photopolymer — a polymer or plastic that undergoes a change in physical or chemical properties when exposed to light.
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- preeminently — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- preemptively — of or relating to preemption.
- premaritally — in a premarital manner
- primary type — a specimen used in the original description or illustration of a species.
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyromorphite — a mineral, lead chlorophosphate, Pb 5 P 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in crystalline and massive forms, and of a green, yellow, or brown color; green lead ore: a minor ore of lead.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhythmometer — a type of metronome that gives or marks the beat or time in musical movements
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- 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.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- self-mastery — self-control.
- sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stereochromy — the stereochrome process.