12-letter words containing a, d, m, i, n
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
- habilimented — Clothed.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
- have in mind — to remember
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- immoderation — lack of moderation.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impedimental — Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- incriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of incriminate.
- indo-malayan — of Indian and Malayan origin, sponsorship, etc.
- indomethacin — a substance, C 19 H 16 ClNO 4 , with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties: used in the treatment of certain kinds of arthritis and gout.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- intermarried — Simple past tense and past participle of intermarry.
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intermediary — an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- intermediate — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- intimidating — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intimidation — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- jamal ud-din — (Jamal ud-Din al-Afghani) 1838–97, Muslim educator and political leader, born in Persia: founder of modern Pan-Islamism.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- kath and kim — a personification of the White population of middle Australia