12-letter words containing r, o, t, m, e, a
- stereocamera — a stereoscopic camera.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- storm cellar — a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- teratomatous — relating to a tumour typically of the gonads
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trout stream — a stream in which trout live and which is a good source for catching trout
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unimportance — a lack of importance