12-letter words containing m, a, r, i, n
- amphiregulin — (protein) A particular autocrine growth factor.
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- amyl nitrite — a yellowish unstable volatile fragrant liquid used in medicine as a vasodilator and in perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2CHCH2CH2NO2
- anachronisms — Plural form of anachronism.
- anagrammatic — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- anamorphosis — an image or drawing distorted in such a way that it becomes recognizable only when viewed in a specified manner or through a special device
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- angra mainyu — the evil spirit who contends against Spenta Mainyu.
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- animadverted — Simple past tense and past participle of animadvert.
- animadverter — a person who expresses his or her opinion without fear of criticism or rebuke
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- antemeridian — before noon; in the morning
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antimacassar — a cloth covering the back and arms of chairs, etc, to prevent soiling or as decoration
- antimalarial — effective in the treatment of malaria
- antimaterial — Lb particle physics Composed of antimatter.
- antimicrobic — Antimicrobial.
- antimilitary — opposed to the military
- antiminority — Opposing an ethnic minority, or ethnic minorities in general.
- antimonarchy — Opposing a monarchy.
- antiparabema — either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
- antireformer — One who opposes reform.
- antiromantic — opposed to romanticism
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
- antisymmetry — the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- apartmentize — to build apartments on or in: to apartmentize the downtown area.
- appraisement — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations
- arm-twisting — persuasion
- armamentaria — the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties: The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium.
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arsphenamine — a drug containing arsenic, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and related infections