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

  • misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
  • modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
  • modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
  • mohenjo-daro — an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.
  • monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
  • monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
  • monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
  • monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
  • monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
  • monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
  • mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
  • moon landing — the act of landing on the moon
  • morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
  • mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
  • mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
  • mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
  • mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
  • mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
  • mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
  • muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
  • multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
  • muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
  • name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
  • narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
  • nasal demons — Recognised shorthand on the Usenet group comp.std.c for any unexpected behaviour of a C compiler on encountering an undefined construct. During a discussion on that group in early 1992, a regular remarked "When the compiler encounters [a given undefined construct] it is legal for it to make demons fly out of your nose" (the implication is that the compiler may choose any arbitrarily bizarre way to interpret the code without violating the ANSI C standard). Someone else followed up with a reference to "nasal demons", which quickly became established.
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
  • nicotinamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
  • no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
  • nomadization — the process of becoming like a nomad, or making nomadic in character
  • non-damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
  • non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
  • non-dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
  • non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
  • nonadmission — Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit.
  • nonautomated — not automated or operated by machines
  • nondemanding — not demanding
  • nonmandatory — Not mandatory.
  • nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
  • nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
  • normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
  • odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
  • odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
  • 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
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