12-letter words containing u, n, t, r, e, m
- pen computer — a computer, as a personal digital assistant, having pattern-recognition software enabling it to read handwritten text or drawings input on the screen by means of a stylus.
- pericementum — periodontal membrane.
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- re-equipment — the act of re-equipping
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassurement — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- 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.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- requirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- 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.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- southernmost — farthest south.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- 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.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.