12-letter words containing i, s, a, t, n
- mooring mast — the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.
- moralisation — Standard spelling of moralization.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
- motorisation — Alternative spelling of motorization.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mountainness — The property of being a mountain, or of being mountainlike.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- multinomials — Plural form of multinomial.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- nai register — (in Britain) a list of children deemed to be at risk of abuse or injury from their parents or guardians, compiled and held by a local authority, area health authority, or NSPCC Special Unit
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- nasalization — (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth.
- natchitoches — a city in NW Louisiana.
- nation-state — a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- nationalisms — Plural form of nationalism.
- nationalists — Plural form of nationalist.
- nationalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nationalize.
- naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- naughty bits — genitals
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- necessitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necessitate.
- negativeness — The characteristic of being negative; negativity.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negotiations — Plural form of negotiation.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neoplatonist — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- nesosilicate — any silicate, as olivine, in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are not interlinked.