12-letter words containing m, o, t, h, r, c
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- morphotropic — of, pertaining to, or displaying morphotropy
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthorhombic — noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; rhombic; trimetric.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- photochromic — (of chemically treated glass or plastic) capable of darkening or changing color when exposed to light.
- photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- polyrhythmic — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- scotch broom — the broom, Cytisus scoparius.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- stereochrome — a picture produced by a process in which water glass is used as a vehicle or as a preservative coating.
- stereochromy — the stereochrome process.
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thermometric — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.