12-letter words containing p, o, r, t, a, m
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
- 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.
- programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
- 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.).
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- provitamin a — carotene.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- 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
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- semitropical — subtropical.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.