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12-letter words containing o, m, n, i, p, e

  • phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
  • pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • point system — Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def 48a).
  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
  • ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
  • postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
  • precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
  • prenominally — before a noun
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
  • pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
  • pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
  • 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.
  • pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • 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.
  • redemptioner — an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.
  • reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
  • roman empire — the lands and peoples subject to the authority of ancient Rome.
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
  • semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
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