12-letter words containing s, p, e, r, m
- decompresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress.
- decompressor — a device for lowering motor engine compression
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- empire state — state of New York
- empress tree — a Chinese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having hairy leaves and clusters of fragrant, violet flowers, naturalized in the eastern U.S.
- empressement — Animated eagerness or friendliness; effusion.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- epimorphosis — a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- examinership — the office or function of an examiner
- expatriatism — The condition of being an expatriate, especially a deliberate one.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- expromission — the act of (a creditor) accepting a new debtor as being responsible for the debt of another person
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extemporize.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- floor sample — an appliance, piece of furniture, or other article of merchandise that has been used for display or demonstration and is usually offered at a reduced price.
- fore-topmast — the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- foretopmasts — Plural form of foretopmast.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- hemapheresis — apheresis.
- hemimorphism — The condition of being hemimorphic.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh