12-letter words containing a, l, m, d
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- 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
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mohammed ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- 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
- moon landing — the act of landing on the moon
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- muddleheaded — confused in one's thinking; blundering: a muddleheaded assertion.
- muhammad ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- multi-medial — the combined use of several media, as sound and full-motion video in computer applications.
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multidentate — having several or many teeth or toothlike processes.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multilayered — having two or more layers.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- murder trial — the trial of a person who is accused of murder
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- 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.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- online media — Acorn Online Media
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palm islands — a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pimelic acid — a crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 4 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in polymers and as a plasticizer.