12-letter words containing s, i, e, m, r
- superrealism — photorealism.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
- taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- 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.
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-release — timed-release.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- times square — a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- trismegistus — Hermes Trismegistus.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- unimpressive — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- unimprisoned — not confined in a prison
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unreimbursed — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- unseminaried — not having a seminary education
- unslumbering — not sleeping
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- visceromotor — of or relating to the normal movements of the viscera, especially the digestive tract.
- vision mixer — the person who selects and manipulates the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- wisenheimers — Plural form of wisenheimer.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith