12-letter words containing m, i, s, l, n
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complections — Plural form of complection.
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- connubialism — the state of being married
- contumelious — rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
- criminalness — (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- dilettantism — the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- dismissingly — In a dismissing manner; dismissively.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- eliminations — Plural form of elimination.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- emotionalism — An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. (from 19th c.).
- emotionalist — Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- entitlements — Plural form of entitlement.
- entomologist — A scientist who studies insects.
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- essentialism — A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence.
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- factionalism — of a faction or factions.
- familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.