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12-letter words containing i, m, p, a

  • anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
  • anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
  • anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
  • antependiums — Plural form of antependium.
  • anti-dumping — designating or of laws, tariffs, etc. that ban or counteract the dumping of goods by a foreign manufacturer
  • antimonopoly — opposed to monopoly
  • antinepotism — opposed to or acting against nepotism
  • antiparabema — either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
  • apartmentize — to build apartments on or in: to apartmentize the downtown area.
  • apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
  • apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
  • apothegmatic — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
  • appetisement — appetite or hunger
  • appointments — Plural form of appointment.
  • appraisement — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
  • appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
  • approximated — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
  • approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
  • approximator — Something that approximates.
  • archesporium — archespore.
  • archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
  • archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
  • arsphenamine — a drug containing arsenic, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and related infections
  • assumptively — taken for granted.
  • astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.
  • asymptomatic — If someone with a disease is asymptomatic, it means that they do not show any symptoms of the disease.
  • asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
  • at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
  • atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • atomic power — nuclear power.
  • automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
  • base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
  • bathmophobia — The fear of stairs and slopes.
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
  • bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
  • camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
  • camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
  • camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
  • camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
  • campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
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