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12-letter words containing o, m, n, i, t, a

  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
  • optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
  • ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
  • ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
  • outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
  • overdominant — excessively dominant
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
  • paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
  • phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
  • piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
  • potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
  • 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.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • provitamin a — carotene.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
  • radioelement — a radioactive element.
  • rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
  • re-animation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
  • remuneration — the act of remunerating.
  • renomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
  • 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.
  • romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
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