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11-letter words containing l, a, m, i, n, o

  • pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
  • pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
  • random line — a trial survey line run from a station toward a predetermined point that cannot be seen from the station.
  • rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
  • real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
  • reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
  • regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
  • renormalize — to normalize again, to cause to conform to norms or a normal state again
  • roman blind — a window blind consisting of a length of material which, when drawn up, gathers into horizontal folds from the bottom
  • roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
  • salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
  • saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
  • scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
  • semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
  • solmization — the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
  • stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
  • sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of 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.
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
  • taxonomical — the science or technique of classification.
  • telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
  • testimonial — a written declaration certifying to a person's character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc., of a thing; a letter or written statement of recommendation.
  • tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
  • trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
  • tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
  • unanimously — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
  • uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
  • unemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • unmalicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • unmoralized — devoid of morality
  • unsocialism — the condition of being unsocial
  • valinomycin — a cyclic, peptide antibiotic, C 54 H 90 N 6 O 18 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces fulvissimus; used experimentally to transport potassium across membranes.
  • violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
  • voluntarism — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
  • womanliness — like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
  • workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
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