12-letter words containing n, i, m, p
- encipherment — The act or process of enciphering; encryption.
- encompassing — Present participle of encompass.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- entry permit — customs
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- epiphenomena — Plural form of epiphenomenon.
- epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- examinership — the office or function of an examiner
- exemplifying — Present participle of exemplify.
- expansionism — The policy of territorial or economic expansion.
- experimental — (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
- experimented — Simple past tense and past participle of experiment.
- experimenter — A person who experiments.
- expromission — the act of (a creditor) accepting a new debtor as being responsible for the debt of another person
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- film company — a company dedicated to the making of motion pictures
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- folsom point — a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf-shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a projectile, as a spear, for hunting game.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- gamesmanship — the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
- gene mapping — any of a number of methods used to construct a model of the linear sequence of genes of a particular chromosome.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
- hypomyotonia — abnormally diminished muscular tone.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.