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12-letter words containing a, n, m, o, r

  • inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
  • inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
  • inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
  • intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
  • intercompare — (of members of a group) to compare each member against all other members
  • interfemoral — situated between the thighs
  • intermontane — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
  • intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
  • intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
  • intra-atomic — within an atom or atoms.
  • intracompany — occurring within a company, especially between employees or branches of the company.
  • jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
  • journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
  • jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • la mano nera — Black Hand (def 1).
  • labia minora — female genitals: inner folds of skin
  • lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
  • laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
  • laundry room — utility room
  • laundrywoman — laundress.
  • laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
  • linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.
  • loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
  • lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
  • machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • macroeconomy — A large-scale economic system.
  • macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
  • macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
  • macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
  • maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
  • magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • major arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
  • major planet — planet (def 1a).
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