12-letter words containing i, r, o, n, s, m
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- necromimesis — a pathological state in which a person believes himself or herself to be dead.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- nestorianism — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- normotension — normal blood pressure
- normotensive — characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- perispomenon — (of a Greek word) bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- querimonious — Complaining; querulous. (from 17th c.).
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.