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12-letter words containing m, l, i, s, p

  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • promissorily — (in law) in a promissory way
  • prosyllogism — a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last.
  • protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
  • psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
  • rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
  • scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
  • self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
  • simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple meter — any time signature in which the upper figure indicates two, three, or four beats per measure, as 2/8, 3/2, 4/4, etc.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
  • simple tense — a tense of verbs, in English and other languages, not involving the use of an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb, as for example the past he drowned as opposed to the future he will drown
  • simpleminded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • simplicially — from a simplicial point of view
  • simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
  • simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
  • slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
  • spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
  • special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • 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.
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
  • superrealism — photorealism.
  • supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
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