12-letter words containing m, o, i, r, a
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antimicrobic — Antimicrobial.
- antiminority — Opposing an ethnic minority, or ethnic minorities in general.
- antimonarchy — Opposing a monarchy.
- antireformer — One who opposes reform.
- antiromantic — opposed to romanticism
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- approximated — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- approximator — Something that approximates.
- archaic homo — collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- archesporium — archespore.
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations
- army officer — a person in the army who holds a position of authority, responsibility and duty, especially one who holds a commission
- aromatically — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- arteriograms — Plural form of arteriogram.
- arthrotomies — Plural form of arthrotomy.
- assimilators — Plural form of assimilator.
- assimilatory — characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
- astigmometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
- astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- atomic power — nuclear power.
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO