12-letter words containing m, a, o, s
- impositional — Of or relating to imposition; intrusive.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- improvisator — a person who improvises; improviser.
- in altissimo — in the octave commencing an octave above the treble clef
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- innominables — trousers
- insemination — to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isolationism — the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- law of moses — the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.