12-letter words containing em
- autotoxaemia — autointoxication.
- axiom schema — (logic) A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, containing one or more. These metasyntactic variables (or "schematic variables") that stand for terms or subformulae. An example is the Axiom of Comprehension.
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- basementless — without a basement
- battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
- be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
- bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- belittlement — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- beta emitter — a radioactive element, either natural or artificial, which changes into another element by emitting a beta particle
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- board member — a member of board of directors
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
- cache memory — a small area of memory in a computer that can be accessed very quickly
- cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- caste system — the division of Hindu society into four major hereditary classes
- cement mixer — A cement mixer is a machine with a large revolving container into which builders put cement, sand, and water in order to make concrete.
- cement steel — steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
- chemiosmosis — the mechanism by which the synthesis and utilization of the biochemical energy source ATP is regulated: the energy generated by oxidative phosphorylation generates a proton gradient across the membrane of the mitochondrion that drives the enzymic resynthesis of ATP
- chemiosmotic — relating to the process of chemiosmosis
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
- chemotrophic — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chrematistic — of, denoting, or relating to money-making
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
- cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
- cinematizing — Present participle of cinematize.
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance