12-letter words containing r, o, m
- ambulatorily — By or in terms of walking.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amelioratory — tending to ameliorate
- amenorrhoeic — absence of the menses.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- aminobutyric — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a butyric radical is replaced by an amino group.
- among others — used to indicate that there are several more people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all
- amor patriae — love of one's country; patriotism
- amortisation — Alternative spelling of amortization.
- amortization — the process of amortizing a debt
- amortizement — a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- amour-propre — self-respect
- amourousness — Rare spelling of amorousness.
- ampelography — the science concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines
- amperometric — relating to or involving the measurement of an electric current
- amphicarpous — producing two kinds of fruit that differ either in form or in time of ripening.
- amphitropous — (of a plant ovule) partially inverted so that the base and the micropyle at the apex are the same distance from the funicle
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- amygdaliform — almond-shaped.
- anachronisms — Plural form of anachronism.
- anamorphoses — Plural form of anamorphosis.
- anamorphosis — an image or drawing distorted in such a way that it becomes recognizable only when viewed in a specified manner or through a special device
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- anglo-norman — relating to the Norman conquerors of England, their society, or their language
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
- anthroponomy — the science dealing with the laws regulating the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment.
- anthroponymy — the study of personal names.
- anthropotomy — the structure of the human body
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antimicrobic — Antimicrobial.
- antiminority — Opposing an ethnic minority, or ethnic minorities in general.
- antimonarchy — Opposing a monarchy.
- antireformer — One who opposes reform.
- antiromantic — opposed to romanticism
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration