12-letter words containing m, a, r, i, l
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- nanomaterial — A material having particles or constituents of nanoscale dimensions, or one that is produced by nanotechnology.
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- non-material — not material or composed of matter.
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- normokalemia — The state of having a normal concentration of potassium in one's blood.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- oil terminal — a large industrial complex where oil is stored and from which oil is transported elsewhere; an oil depot
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- 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 springs — a city in S California: resort.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
- 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)
- pearl millet — a tall grass, Pennisetum americanum (or P. glaucum), cultivated in Africa, Asia, and the southern U.S. for its edible seeds and as a forage plant.
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- 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
- perimetrical — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.