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12-letter words containing n, o, u, m, e

  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • 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.
  • remuneration — the act of remunerating.
  • remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
  • renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
  • roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
  • rumor-monger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
  • run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
  • scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
  • semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
  • shame on you — expressing disapproval
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • sound system — equipment for playing music
  • southernmost — farthest south.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • temporaneous — lasting a short while
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • the monument — a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city
  • the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
  • touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
  • tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
  • true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
  • turned comma — quotation mark.
  • ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
  • unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
  • unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
  • unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
  • unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
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