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12-letter words containing a, m, i, n, t, e

  • siamese twin — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
  • simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • sint maarten — St. Martin.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
  • somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
  • star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • steam engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
  • steam-driven — powered by steam
  • steam-engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
  • steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
  • steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
  • stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
  • tape machine — a tape recorder.
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • team captain — the captain of a sporting team
  • technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • 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
  • the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
  • thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
  • 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.
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
  • thiosinamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter-tasting powder, C 4 H 8 N 2 S, occurring in mustard oil: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
  • time machine — a theoretical apparatus that would convey one to the past or future.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
  • trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
  • trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
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