12-letter words containing u, n, t, r, i, m
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-equipment — the act of re-equipping
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- 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.
- requirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- 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.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- strontium 90 — a harmful radioactive isotope of strontium, produced in certain nuclear reactions and present in their fallout.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- 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.
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undetermined — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unembittered — not embittered; not having bitter feelings
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
- unredemptive — serving to redeem.