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12-letter words containing e, d, m, a

  • 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
  • mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
  • muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
  • muddleheaded — confused in one's thinking; blundering: a muddleheaded assertion.
  • multi-medial — the combined use of several media, as sound and full-motion video in computer applications.
  • multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
  • multidentate — having several or many teeth or toothlike processes.
  • multifaceted — Having many facets.
  • multilayered — having two or more layers.
  • multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
  • murder trial — the trial of a person who is accused of murder
  • murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
  • 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
  • muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
  • muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
  • myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
  • name the day — to choose the day for one's wedding
  • name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
  • 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.
  • non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
  • nonautomated — not automated or operated by machines
  • nondemanding — not demanding
  • nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
  • nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
  • normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
  • nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
  • oboe d'amore — a type of oboe pitched a minor third lower than the oboe itself. It is used chiefly in the performance of baroque music
  • oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
  • omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
  • one-man band — A one-man band is a street entertainer who wears and plays a lot of different instruments at the same time.
  • online media — Acorn Online Media
  • 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.
  • otitis media — inflammation of the middle ear, characterized by pain, dizziness, and impaired hearing.
  • overdominant — excessively dominant
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