12-letter words containing t, a, e, m, o
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- osteomalacia — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- osteomalacic — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- osteosarcoma — a malignant tumor of the bone.
- otitis media — inflammation of the middle ear, characterized by pain, dizziness, and impaired hearing.
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overornament — to decorate excessively
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
- porto amelia — former name of Pemba (def 2).