12-letter words containing a, n, i, m, u
- muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
- mutationally — In a mutational manner.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonautomatic — not automatic, operated by hand and not machines
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonunanimous — not unanimous
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- numismatists — Plural form of numismatist.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- 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.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.