12-letter words containing m, o, n, e, t, i
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- 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.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- re-animation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- 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.
- recommitment — to commit again.
- redemptioner — an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.
- 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.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- remote login — (networking) A client-server program and protocol that provides an interactivel command line interface to a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, simulating a locally attached terminal.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- renomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
- retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
- 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.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- 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.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- 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
- 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.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- 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
- 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.
- sensorimotor — Psychology. of or relating to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Compare ideomotor.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.