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12-letter words containing m, i, s, o, n, e

  • postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
  • 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.
  • pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
  • pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • querimonious — Complaining; querulous. (from 17th c.).
  • re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • 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.
  • reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
  • reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • 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.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
  • saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
  • schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
  • scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
  • secessionism — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
  • semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
  • 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.
  • semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
  • semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
  • senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
  • sensationism — a theory of psychology maintaining that experience consists solely of sensations.
  • sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
  • sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
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