12-letter words containing m, l, e, a, r, n
- oil terminal — a large industrial complex where oil is stored and from which oil is transported elsewhere; an oil depot
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parent metal — the metal of components that are being welded by a molten filler metal
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenominally — before a noun
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- remineralize — to add or restore minerals to
- remnant sale — a sale of items that are unwanted or left over, sold at a lower price
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- saltpetreman — a supplier of saltpetre
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- silas marner — a novel (1861) by George Eliot.
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
- small screen — the medium of television.
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal