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13-letter words containing r, o, m, i, e

  • apogeotropism — negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems
  • apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
  • apportionment — the act of apportioning
  • approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
  • approximative — (of a method, description, etc.) giving only an approximation to something.
  • araeometrical — relating to araeometry
  • archaeometric — relating to archaeometry
  • argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
  • baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
  • balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
  • barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
  • bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
  • bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
  • bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
  • bio-terrorism — the use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate, esp as a political weapon
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • borrowed time — an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • bring home to — to convince of
  • broad-brimmed — (of a hat) having a broad brim
  • bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
  • bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
  • byte compiler — byte-code compiler
  • caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
  • camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
  • cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
  • cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
  • ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
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