12-letter words containing i, m, e, d, a
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- semidetached — partly detached.
- semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
- semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- sierra madre — a mountain range extending from S Wyoming into N Colorado.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
- small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- systematized — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- un-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
- undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.