12-letter words containing m, i, n, a, l
- 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.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
- habilimented — Clothed.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- illimitation — the state of being infinite
- illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
- illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- imbibitional — relating to imbibition
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impedimental — Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- implantation — the act of implanting.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- impositional — Of or relating to imposition; intrusive.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in altissimo — in the octave commencing an octave above the treble clef
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- in name only — not in fact or in practice
- in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.