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12-letter words containing r, o, m, t, e

  • model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
  • moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
  • modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
  • moire effect — the appearance, when two regularly spaced sets of lines are superimposed, of a new set of lines (moiré pattern) passing through the points where the original lines cross at small angles.
  • moistureless — Devoid of moisture.
  • moisturizers — Plural form of moisturizer.
  • mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
  • mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
  • molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
  • money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
  • money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
  • monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
  • monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
  • monostearate — a stearate containing one stearoyl group.
  • monoterpenes — Plural form of monoterpene.
  • monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
  • monsterizing — Present participle of monsterize.
  • monte cristo — a sandwich containing slices of ham, chicken, and Swiss cheese, dipped in beaten egg and fried until brown.
  • montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
  • monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
  • montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
  • montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
  • moonstricken — Moonstruck.
  • more like it — closer to being what is wanted
  • morigeration — (obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience.
  • morro castle — a historic fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
  • mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
  • mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
  • morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
  • mother earth — the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.
  • mother goose — the fictitious author of a collection of nursery rhymes first published in London (about 1760) under the title of Mother Goose's Melody.
  • mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
  • mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
  • mother's boy — mama's boy.
  • mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
  • mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
  • mother-seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
  • mother-to-be — A mother-to-be is a woman who is pregnant, especially for the first time.
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
  • motherliness — The property of being motherly.
  • motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
  • motoneuronal — of or pertaining to a motoneuron
  • motor cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with transmitting impulses to the voluntary muscles.
  • motor neuron — a nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.
  • motor sailer — a yacht having sails and an engine as an alternative or auxiliary means of propulsion.
  • motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
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