12-letter words containing i, o, n, a, s
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- macintosh ii — (computer) (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- main-topmast — the mast next above the main lower mast.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- make a noise — to talk a great deal or complain
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manumissions — Plural form of manumission.
- marconi mast — an elaborately stayed mast.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- mastications — Plural form of mastication.
- mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.