12-letter words containing a, s, l, o
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorializes — (US) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memorialize.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- millilampson — /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL. Most people run about 200 milliLampsons. The eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000. A few people speak faster. This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and actually emit them in speech. For example, noted computer architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misallocate.
- misallotment — improper or wrong allotment
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monastically — In a monastic manner.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- moralisation — Standard spelling of moralization.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- morro castle — a historic fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- motor sailer — a yacht having sails and an engine as an alternative or auxiliary means of propulsion.