12-letter words containing l, e, m, n
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- online media — Acorn Online Media
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parent metal — the metal of components that are being welded by a molten filler metal
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- periselenium — the closest point of the orbit of a spacecraft to the moon
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- planetesimal — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.
- plenum cable — (hardware) Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- preeminently — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenominally — before a noun
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quantum cell — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum dot cell") A structure comprising four quantum dots arranged in a square, with two diagonally opposed dots containing electron charges. One diagonal containing charges is arbitrarily defined as representing a value of '1', the other as '0'. In a five-dot cell, the fifth, central dot contains no charge. See also: quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.