12-letter words containing r, o, t, n, m, a
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- provitamin a — carotene.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
- re-animation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassortment — the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rodomontader — a person who boasts or brags
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- 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
- 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.