12-letter words containing t, h, e, r, m, o
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- northern min — Foochow (def 2).
- northernmost — farthest north.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- 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.
- photopolymer — a polymer or plastic that undergoes a change in physical or chemical properties when exposed to light.
- 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.
- photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- 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.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pyromorphite — a mineral, lead chlorophosphate, Pb 5 P 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in crystalline and massive forms, and of a green, yellow, or brown color; green lead ore: a minor ore of lead.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- 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.
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rhythmometer — a type of metronome that gives or marks the beat or time in musical movements
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- southernmost — farthest south.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- 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.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother