12-letter words containing a, d, l, e, m, n
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
- matinee idol — a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
- meander line — a zigzag traverse made to define the approximate margin of a natural body of water.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- median plane — a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- middle latin — Medieval Latin
- middle plane — middle distance (def 1).
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multidentate — having several or many teeth or toothlike processes.
- nasal demons — Recognised shorthand on the Usenet group comp.std.c for any unexpected behaviour of a C compiler on encountering an undefined construct. During a discussion on that group in early 1992, a regular remarked "When the compiler encounters [a given undefined construct] it is legal for it to make demons fly out of your nose" (the implication is that the compiler may choose any arbitrarily bizarre way to interpret the code without violating the ANSI C standard). Someone else followed up with a reference to "nasal demons", which quickly became established.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- online media — Acorn Online Media
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
- schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment