12-letter words containing m
- achievements — Plural form of achievement.
- achlamydeous — (of flowers such as the willow) having neither petals nor sepals
- achromatopia — Defective ability to see colours.
- achromatopsy — Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia.
- acid-forming — (of an oxide or element) yielding an acid when dissolved in water or having an oxide that forms an acid in water; acidic
- acoustic ohm — the unit of acoustic impedance, equal to the impedance of a medium in which a sound pressure of one dyne per square centimeter produces a velocity of one centimeter per second.
- acoustimeter — a portable electronic device for measuring noise levels, especially those of traffic.
- acquirements — Plural form of acquirement.
- actinometers — Plural form of actinometer.
- actinometric — Of or pertaining to actinometry.
- actinomorphy — The condition of being actinomorphic.
- actinomycete — any bacterium of the group Actinomycetes, usually filamentous in form
- actinomycins — Plural form of actinomycin.
- action movie — film focussed on action sequences
- ad arbitrium — at pleasure; at will.
- ad infinitum — If something happens ad infinitum, it is repeated again and again in the same way.
- adam and eve — the puttyroot.
- adam osborne — (person) The ex-book publisher who founded Osborne Computer Corporation.
- adam's apple — Your Adam's apple is the lump that sticks out of the front of your neck below your throat.
- adam-and-eve — puttyroot
- adder's-meat — the greater stitchwort
- address mask — (networking) (Or "subnet mask") A bit mask used to identify which bits in an IP address correspond to the network address and subnet portions of the address. This mask is often referred to as the subnet mask because the network portion of the address can be determined by the class inherent in an IP address. The address mask has ones in positions corresponding to the network and subnet numbers and zeros in the host number positions.
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- adenosarcoma — a complex tumor containing both glandular and connective tissues.
- adjournments — Plural form of adjournment.
- adjustmental — relating to adjustment
- adminiculary — Adminicular.
- adminiculate — to attest or corroborate; to confirm or affirm as true
- administered — Simple past tense and past participle of administer.
- administrant — a person who administers
- administrate — to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)
- admirability — the quality of being admirable
- admonishment — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- admonitorily — in an admonitory manner
- adrenochrome — a chemical pigment produced by the oxidation of adrenaline
- advancements — Plural form of advancement.
- adversaryism — an attitude, as in labor-management negotiations, that any opposition to demands indicates an unwillingness of one side to cooperate and bargain in good faith.
- aeolian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A.
- aerodynamics — Aerodynamics is the study of the way in which objects move through the air.
- aeroembolism — an embolism of air bubbles often caused by surgery, induced abortion, or decompression sickness
- aeromagnetic — of magnetism in the atmosphere
- aeromechanic — an aircraft mechanic
- aeromedicine — the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aerosol bomb — a metal receptacle, containing an inert gas under pressure, that sprays an insecticide, disinfectant, or the like when the gas is released by opening a valve.
- aestheticism — the doctrine that aesthetic principles are of supreme importance and that works of art should be judged accordingly
- affamishment — (obsolete) starvation.
- affirmations — Plural form of affirmation.
- affirmatives — Plural form of affirmative.
- affrightment — the act of causing fear or alarm
- african time — unpunctuality