12-letter words containing i, m, e, n, s
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arsphenamine — a drug containing arsenic, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and related infections
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
- basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
- becomingness — The state or quality of becoming.
- betweentimes — between other activities; during intervals
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blimpishness — actions or behaviour akin to those of the fictional character of Colonel Blimp, or the quality of resembling this character
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
- camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
- cash machine — ATM1
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chance music — aleatory music.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commissioned — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commissioner — A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
- common snipe — a bird, Gallinago gallinago, of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.
- commorientes — people whose deaths are so close to each other (being caused by the same calamity) that it is not possible to determine who died first. It is assumed that the elder person died first
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.