12-letter words containing n, a, o, s, t, r
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- man of straw — straw man.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- marconi mast — an elaborately stayed mast.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- marston moor — a former moor in NE England, west of York: Cromwell's victory over the Royalists 1644.
- master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- 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).
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microstation — (application) A full-featured 2-D and 3-D CAD program for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Unix workstations from Bentley Systems, Inc. Created in 1984, MicroStation is a high-end package used worldwide in environments where many designers work on large, complex projects. MicroStation Modeler is a superset of MicroStation that provides solid modelling, and MasterPiece is MicroStation's rendering and animation program.
- migrationist — a person who considers it important for species of animals and plants to migrate for the purposes of distribution and evolution
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- ministration — the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.