12-letter words containing m, a, l, t, n
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- supplemental — supplementary.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- tamelessness — the character or state of being tameless
- tammany hall — a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tammany Society) and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
- tautavel man — Arago man.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- to mean well — If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
- trailing arm — A trailing arm is part of the suspension for the axle of a vehicle which moves up and down as the vehicle travels over a bumpy surface.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tumultuation — a tumultuous state or the act of creating a tumult
- tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.