12-letter words containing o, p, t, m
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
- semitropical — subtropical.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- spectrometer — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- storm troops — shock troops
- stormtrooper — Stormtroopers were members of a private Nazi army who were well-known for being violent.
- streptomyces — any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- 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.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.