12-letter words containing d, o, l, a
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mohammed ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- 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
- moon landing — the act of landing on the moon
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- 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.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- narco-dollar — Usually, narcodollars. money obtained through illegal drug trafficking.
- narcodollars — Usually, narcodollars. money obtained through illegal drug trafficking.
- 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.
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- nationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalize.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- non-detailed — thorough in the treatment of details; minute: a detailed report.
- non-diagonal — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-readable — unreadable.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noneditorial — not relating to an editor or an editorial
- nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus