12-letter words containing m, a, i, l
- quarter mile — an event in which competitors run a quarter mile or 400 metres
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- 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.
- reassimilate — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- remilitarize — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- remineralize — to add or restore minerals to
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
- salamandrian — a salamander of the order Batrachia
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
- salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
- schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semicolonial — partly colonial