12-letter words containing r, o, m
- conterminant — enclosed within a common boundary
- conterminate — conterminous
- conterminous — enclosed within a common boundary
- contrivement — contrivance
- control room — a room from which a system, network, or piece of equipment is controlled
- coomaraswamy — Ananda (Kentish). 1877–1947, Ceylonese art historian and interpreter of Indian culture to the West
- copolymerise — Alt form copolymerize.
- copolymerize — to react (two compounds) together to produce a copolymer
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- coram populo — in the presence of the people; publicly
- cork cambium — a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)
- corn earworm — the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- corporealism — materialism
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- countermoved — Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- country mile — a long way
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- courier firm — a firm that provides special delivery services
- coxey's army — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- criminations — Plural form of crimination.
- criminogenic — causing or promoting crime
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience