12-letter words containing m, e, a, l
- all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
- allegrissimo — (music) A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played very fast and lively.
- allelomorphs — Plural form of allelomorph.
- allman style — indent style
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- almond green — a yellowish-green colour
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alpha female — strong woman
- alphamerical — relating to alphanumeric characters
- alphanumeric — (of a character set, code, or file of data) consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- alveolectomy — The surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis.
- amalgamative — of or relating to amalgamation
- amateurishly — In an amateurish or nonprofessional manner.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambivalently — in an ambivalent manner
- ambrettolide — a colorless liquid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- ambulanceman — An ambulanceman is a man who drives an ambulance or takes care of people in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amelioratory — tending to ameliorate
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- amenableness — The state or quality of being amenable.
- american elk — elk (def 2).
- american elm — an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament: state tree of Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amiphenazole — A respiratory stimulant traditionally used as an antidote for barbiturate or opiate overdose, usually in combination with bemegride.
- ampelography — the science concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines
- ampere's law — the law that a magnetic field induced by an electric current is, at any point, directly proportional to the product of the current intensity and the length of the current conductor, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point and the conductor, and perpendicular to the plane joining the point and the conductor.
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- amphiregulin — (protein) A particular autocrine growth factor.
- ampullaceous — shaped like an ampulla or a bladder
- amuse-gueule — amuse-bouche.
- amyl acetate — banana oil
- amyl nitrite — a yellowish unstable volatile fragrant liquid used in medicine as a vasodilator and in perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2CHCH2CH2NO2
- amyl sulfide — a yellow liquid consisting of a mixture of isomers having the formula (C 5 H 11) 2 S, used chiefly in the preparation of organic sulfur compounds.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anklewarmers — Plural form of anklewarmer.
- anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- antilegomena — the books of the New Testament which have been excluded from the canon of Scripture
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antimaterial — Lb particle physics Composed of antimatter.