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

  • protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
  • proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
  • psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
  • 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.
  • pseudopodium — pseudopod.
  • psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
  • psychomachia — conflict of the soul
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychonomics — the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment
  • psychoticism — the state of being psychotic
  • pteridosperm — seed fern.
  • 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.
  • quasi-famous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
  • quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
  • querimonious — Complaining; querulous. (from 17th c.).
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • 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.
  • redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
  • 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.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
  • repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
  • respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
  • respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • rheomorphism — the liquefaction of rock, which results in its flowing and intruding into surrounding rocks
  • rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
  • saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
  • salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
  • salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
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