12-letter words containing o, e, d, m, a
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
- random error — an error that has a random distribution and can be attributed to chance.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- road manager — The road manager of someone such as a singer or sports player is the person who organizes their travel and other arrangements during a tour.
- rodomontader — a person who boasts or brags
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- self-command — self-control.
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
- serra do mar — a mountain range on the SE coast of Brazil. Highest point, 7420 feet (2262 meters).
- shoshone dam — a dam on the Shoshone River. 328 feet (100 meters) high.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
- 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.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- 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
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.