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12-letter words containing l, a, m, o

  • automobility — the use of motor cars
  • autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
  • autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
  • baby boomlet — a period of increase in the birthrate, smaller than a baby boom, as in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
  • biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
  • blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
  • black bottom — a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips
  • black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
  • black cosmos — a garden plant, Cosmos diversifolius, of Mexico, having small, dahlialike tubers and solitary flower heads with red disk flowers and velvety, dark-red or purplish ray flowers.
  • bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
  • blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
  • blood plasma — the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
  • blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
  • bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
  • boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
  • bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
  • bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
  • calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
  • calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
  • calumniously — in a calumnious manner
  • cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
  • camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
  • camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
  • camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
  • camphor ball — mothball
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
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