12-letter words containing d, i, s, m, o
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- month's mind — a Requiem Mass said on the thirtieth day after a person's death or burial.
- moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.
- 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.
- motion study — time and motion study.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- nonadmission — Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit.
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- 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.
- opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- otitis media — inflammation of the middle ear, characterized by pain, dizziness, and impaired hearing.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- 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.
- pedomorphism — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
- phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- 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.
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- 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.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudopodium — pseudopod.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
- scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.