12-letter words containing m, e, i, o, s
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isoperimeter — a figure whose perimeter is equal to that of another.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- isostemonous — having stamens equal in number to the sepals or petals.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- 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
- keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
- lose no time — act without delay
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- luminousness — The condition of being luminous.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- mademoiselle — (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: Mademoiselle Lafitte. Abbreviation: Mlle.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
- make a noise — to talk a great deal or complain
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- mass society — a society whose members are characterized by having segmentalized, impersonal relations, a high degree of physical and social mobility, a spectator relation to events, and a pronounced tendency to conform to external popular norms.
- mastectomies — Plural form of mastectomy.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.