12-letter words containing t, r, i, e, m
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- reassimilate — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- recommitment — to commit again.
- redemptioner — an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
- redetermined — to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reenlistment — an act of reenlisting.
- reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- reindictment — an act of indicting.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- reinvestment — putting money into sth again
- remilitarize — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- remote login — (networking) A client-server program and protocol that provides an interactivel command line interface to a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, simulating a locally attached terminal.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- requirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- ressentiment — any cautious, defeatist, or cynical attitude based on the belief that the individual and human institutions exist in a hostile or indifferent universe or society.
- retrievement — a retrieval
- retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- right-minded — having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles.
- rimmed steel — a low-carbon steel containing enough iron oxide so that there is continuous generation of carbon monoxide during solidification.
- risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- scribblement — a scribble
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer