12-letter words containing t, h, e, r, m, a
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- 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.
- 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.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- ram sth home — If something rams home a message or a point, it makes it clear in a way that is very forceful and that people are likely to listen to.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rammed earth — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- reattachment — connecting or fastening again
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- share market — a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- starter home — A starter home is a small, new house or flat which is cheap enough for people who are buying their first home to afford.
- steam hammer — a hammer for forging, operated by steam.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- 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.
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the demerara — a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the military — the armed services (esp the army)
- the red army — the Soviet army
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- 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.