12-letter words containing ome
- penetrometer — a device for measuring the penetrating power of x-ray or other radiations.
- perispomenon — (of a Greek word) bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- 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.
- 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.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- 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.
- respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- rhythmometer — a type of metronome that gives or marks the beat or time in musical movements
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
- sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
- sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
- siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- spectrometer — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- 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.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- stay-at-home — not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
- stereochrome — a picture produced by a process in which water glass is used as a vehicle or as a preservative coating.
- stereoisomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting stereoisomerism.
- stereometric — the measurement of volumes.
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- tellurometer — a surveying instrument using microwaves to measure distance.
- tenderometer — a device measuring the tenderness of peas
- tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
- the homeless — those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.
- thermometric — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
- tmj syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- trigonometer — any of various instruments used in trigonometry
- trigonometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- uncomeliness — the quality or condition of being uncomely
- unhandsomely — unattractively