12-letter words containing m, o, n, t, l
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- reenrollment — the act or process of enrolling.
- remote login — (networking) A client-server program and protocol that provides an interactivel command line interface to a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, simulating a locally attached terminal.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- somnolescent — sleepy
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- 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.
- temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- 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.
- to mean well — If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
- tonsillotomy — incision or excision of a portion of a tonsil.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.