12-letter words containing a, n, i, m, l, r
- normokalemia — The state of having a normal concentration of potassium in one's blood.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- oil terminal — a large industrial complex where oil is stored and from which oil is transported elsewhere; an oil depot
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- 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 springs — a city in S California: resort.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenominally — before a noun
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- remineralize — to add or restore minerals to
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- salamandrian — a salamander of the order Batrachia
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- silas marner — a novel (1861) by George Eliot.
- 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.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- 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.