12-letter words containing m, e, t, a, l, o
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- immoralities — Plural form of immorality.
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalized — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immortalize.
- imperatorial — Commanding; authoritative.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- late bloomer — a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.
- legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.