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12-letter words containing m, e, a, l

  • antimetabole — the repetition of words in reverse order for emphasis
  • apache plume — a low shrub, Fallugia paradoxa, of the rose family, of southwestern North America, having white flowers and fruit heads of feathery tufts.
  • apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
  • aplanogamete — a nonmotile gamete or conjugating cell found in lower algae
  • apple maggot — a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, the larvae of which bore into and feed on the fruit of apple trees: family Trypetidae
  • arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
  • arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
  • armor-plated — An armor-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
  • arrival time — the time when someone or something arrives, arrived, or will arrive
  • art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
  • artilleryman — a serviceman who serves in an artillery unit
  • artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
  • assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
  • assimilative — of or causing assimilation; assimilating
  • assumptively — taken for granted.
  • asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
  • at all times — all the time, constantly
  • autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
  • autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
  • baby boomlet — a period of increase in the birthrate, smaller than a baby boom, as in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • bainqen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • balance beam — a long, narrow, horizontal wooden beam raised about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform balancing routines consisting of jumps, tumbles, turns, running steps, etc.
  • balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
  • ballad metre — the metre of a ballad stanza
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • balsam apple — an ornamental cucurbitaceous vine, Momordica balsamina, of the Old World tropics, with yellow flowers and orange egg-shaped fruits
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • basementless — without a basement
  • battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
  • beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • beam balance — a piece of apparatus used for artistic gymnastics
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • bearded clam — mollusc eaten as seafood
  • bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
  • bedside lamp — a lamp beside a bed
  • bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
  • bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
  • bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
  • bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
  • bimillennial — relating to a bimillennium
  • biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
  • blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
  • black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
  • black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
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