12-letter words containing a, d, m, i
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- standpattism — belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- systematized — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- un-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
- undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unmaintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
- unmyelinated — pertaining to nerve fibers that are not covered with a myelin sheath.
- unnilquadium — rutherfordium.
- unnormalized — to make normal.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.