12-letter words containing n, o, m, r
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- indemnitors' — a person or company that gives indemnity.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- intercommune — to commune or converse together
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercompare — (of members of a group) to compare each member against all other members
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- intermission — a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
- intermitotic — occurring between mitoses
- intermontane — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intra-atomic — within an atom or atoms.
- intracompany — occurring within a company, especially between employees or branches of the company.
- intromission — to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- intromittent — to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- intromitting — Present participle of intromit.
- ironmonger's — a shop where articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans are sold
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- keeping room — hall (def 11).
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- la mano nera — Black Hand (def 1).
- labia minora — female genitals: inner folds of skin
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.