12-letter words containing i, m, u
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antihumanism — opposition to humanism
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antimosquito — acting against mosquitoes
- antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- aqua ammonia — a water solution of ammonia; ammonia water; ammonium hydroxide
- 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.
- assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- assumability — a mortgage loan or a feature of such that allows the buyer of a property to assume or take on the existing mortgage from the property seller
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- 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.
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- automaticity — the condition of being automatic, or the degree of this
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automobility — the use of motor cars
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autotoxaemia — autointoxication.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barium x-ray — gastrointestinal series: x-ray examination of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract after barium sulfate is given rectally (barium enema) or orally as a contrast medium.
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- beurre manie — butterpaste.
- bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
- bimillennium — a period of two thousand years
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.