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12-letter words containing a, m, e, l, o

  • armor-plated — An armor-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
  • art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
  • autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
  • autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
  • baby boomlet — a period of increase in the birthrate, smaller than a baby boom, as in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
  • blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
  • black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
  • blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
  • bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
  • cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
  • camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
  • camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
  • circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • class method — (programming)   1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
  • claude monetClaude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
  • cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
  • cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
  • clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
  • closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
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