12-letter words containing m, o, n
- asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
- athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- avitaminosis — any disease caused by a vitamin deficiency in the diet
- avitaminotic — of or relating to avitaminosis
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
- backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
- backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
- balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
- beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
- bead molding — bead (def 12).
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- becomingness — The state or quality of becoming.
- bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
- bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
- bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- blooming oil — an oil used as a lubricant in fine sandpapering.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blossom into — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
- blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.