12-letter words containing r, a, t, e, m
- katharometer — (science) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
- katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
- keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
- labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- lamp trimmer — a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- late bloomer — a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.
- latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrogametes — Plural form of macrogamete.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
- mainstreamer — a member of the mainstream.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- make certain — ensure
- make history — do sth of great significance
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- male-sterile — producing no pollen or infertile pollen.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- malt extract — a sweet, gummy substance derived from an infusion of malt.