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12-letter words containing l, m, d

  • needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • netted melon — a variety of muskmelon, Cucumis melo reticulatus, of the gourd family, having reticulate markings on the skin and green to reddish-orange flesh.
  • newly minted — new, recently created
  • noble-minded — characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.
  • nom de plume — pen name.
  • non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
  • nondomiciled — of, relating to, or denoting a person who is not domiciled in his or her country of origin
  • nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
  • nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
  • old dominion — the state of Virginia (used as a nickname).
  • old guardism — political conservatism.
  • old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
  • old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
  • online media — Acorn Online Media
  • orderly room — the administrative office of a small military unit.
  • overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
  • 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 islands — a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree
  • paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
  • para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
  • philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
  • pimelic acid — a crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 4 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in polymers and as a plasticizer.
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • plum pudding — a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • pre-modelled — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
  • preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
  • premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
  • primordially — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
  • pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
  • purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
  • pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
  • pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
  • quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
  • radioelement — a radioactive element.
  • reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
  • rear admiral — U.S. Navy, Coast Guard. a commissioned officer next in rank below a vice-admiral.
  • red mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
  • redemptively — serving to redeem.
  • redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • remedilessly — in a remediless manner, beyond remedy
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
  • rimmed steel — a low-carbon steel containing enough iron oxide so that there is continuous generation of carbon monoxide during solidification.
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