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.