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12-letter words containing a, d, m, n, c

  • miseducation — to educate improperly.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
  • mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
  • morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
  • multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
  • needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
  • nicotinamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
  • non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
  • nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
  • nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
  • normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
  • nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
  • omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
  • onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
  • orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
  • organic mode — (programming)   A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
  • ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
  • payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • pick and mix — a selection of sweets from which the customer can choose, paid for by weight
  • ping command — ping
  • predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
  • readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
  • road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
  • roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
  • romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
  • run commands — (operating system)   The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
  • sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
  • sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
  • 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.
  • schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
  • scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
  • scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
  • secd machine — Stack Environment Control Dump machine
  • self-command — self-control.
  • semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
  • slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • turned comma — quotation mark.
  • 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
  • unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
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