12-letter words containing a, n, o, m, l
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- oil terminal — a large industrial complex where oil is stored and from which oil is transported elsewhere; an oil depot
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- omelette pan — a frying pan that is designed for making omelettes in.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- online media — Acorn Online Media
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- 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.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- 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
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
- 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)
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pollyannaism — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- 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
- 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.
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.