12-letter words containing i, s, m, a, l
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
- superrealism — photorealism.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- symbolically — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- systemically — of or relating to a system.
- thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
- thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- time-release — timed-release.
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- trysail mast — a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unmiraculous — not caused by a miracle
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unstimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- unsublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
- williamsburg — a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.
- williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy