12-letter words containing rm
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- preformatted — 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.
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- present arms — a position of salute in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
- redetermined — to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- 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.
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- remainderman — a person who owns a remainder.
- reverse arms — to turn one's arms upside down, esp as a token of mourning
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
- small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- storm cellar — a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
- storm center — the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.
- storm centre — the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
- storm collar — a high collar on a coat
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.