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12-letter words containing p, o, e, m, a, t

  • peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • 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.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • 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
  • plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
  • pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
  • porto amelia — former name of Pemba (def 2).
  • postal meter — a postal franking machine
  • postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
  • preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
  • preformatted — 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.
  • preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
  • 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.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
  • pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
  • rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
  • 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.
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