12-letter words containing m, o, r, t, i, s
- postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- sarcomatosis — the condition in which a sarcoma has become disseminated throughout the body.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- semitropical — subtropical.
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- 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.
- series motor — A series motor is a direct current motor that has two windings that are in series, with the same current flowing through each.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- simhat torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23d day of Tishri, that marks the end of the annual cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of the next cycle
- sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person