12-letter words containing d, o, r, m, n
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- 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.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- 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.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonmandatory — Not mandatory.
- nonmotorized — not equipped with a motor
- 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
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- on your mind — If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.
- once removed — relative: one generation older
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- order number — a number associated with a purchase or merchandise order
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- ornithomimid — (zoology) Any member of the Ornithomimidae.
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overmannered — excessively mannered
- 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.
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- 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.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
- quadrominium — a building consisting of four individually owned apartments or living units.
- quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- random error — an error that has a random distribution and can be attributed to chance.
- 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.
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.