12-letter words containing m, o, r, a, l, s
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorializes — (US) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memorialize.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- moralisation — Standard spelling of moralization.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- morro castle — a historic fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
- motor sailer — a yacht having sails and an engine as an alternative or auxiliary means of propulsion.
- mouse trails — (operating system) A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find.
- mrs-malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- nonclassroom — not located in the traditional classroom
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.