12-letter words containing l, a, m, r
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- non-material — not material or composed of matter.
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- nonclassroom — not located in the traditional classroom
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.
- nonremovable — that may be removed.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- normokalemia — The state of having a normal concentration of potassium in one's blood.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- oil terminal — a large industrial complex where oil is stored and from which oil is transported elsewhere; an oil depot
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- 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.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.