12-letter words containing m, o, l, u
- out of plumb — not vertical
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- oval kumquat — a spineless shrub or small citrus tree, Fortunella margarita, of China, having oval-shaped, orange-yellow fruit with sweet and acid flesh.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postliminium — postliminy.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- poststimulus — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the administering of a stimulus
- pouilly-fume — a dry, white wine from the Loire Valley of France.
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- 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.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- sales volume — quantity of goods sold
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- samuel morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous