12-letter words containing a, s, u, m, i
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- gaius marius — Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immaturities — Plural form of immaturity.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in a measure — to an extent
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina