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

  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
  • primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • 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.
  • recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • 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.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • reminiscence — the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
  • 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.
  • room service — the serving of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in his or her room, as at a hotel.
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • 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.
  • sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
  • scribblement — a scribble
  • scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
  • 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.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
  • service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • small circle — a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere. Compare great circle (def 1).
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
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