12-letter words containing n, o, m, i
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- normotension — normal blood pressure
- normotensive — characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- northern min — Foochow (def 2).
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- nothing much — not a lot
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- numinousness — The state or quality of being numinous.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
- oil terminal — a large industrial complex where oil is stored and from which oil is transported elsewhere; an oil depot
- old dominion — the state of Virginia (used as a nickname).
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- omnisciences — Plural form of omniscience.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on your mind — If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.
- online media — Acorn Online Media
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- onomastician — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- onomatapoeia — Misspelling of onomatopoeia.
- onomatomania — An unnatural obsession with a particular word.
- onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- opening time — You can refer to the time that a shop, bank, library, or bar opens for business as its opening time.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- option money — the price paid for buying an option
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry