12-letter words containing d, a, m, s
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- misestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of misestimate.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- mithridatism — the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- 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.
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- 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.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- 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.
- nonadmission — Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- otitis media — inflammation of the middle ear, characterized by pain, dizziness, and impaired hearing.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- 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.
- palm islands — a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- preassembled — assembled prior to purchase