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12-letter words containing m, i, s, e, l, t

  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • stabilimeter — stabilograph.
  • statute mile — mile (def 1).
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • stem reptile — any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
  • submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
  • systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • systemically — of or relating to a system.
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
  • time-release — timed-release.
  • torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
  • ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
  • uncle tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks.
  • undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
  • unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unnilseptium — bohrium.
  • 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.
  • untimeliness — not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune: An untimely downpour stopped the game.
  • volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
  • west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
  • white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
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