12-letter words containing m, i, s, a, n
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmission — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unmiraculous — not caused by a miracle
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unseminaried — not having a seminary education
- unstimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- unsublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- unsystematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.