12-letter words containing n, s, d, i
- linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- live spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- metasediment — (petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
- mid-sentence — in the middle of a sentence or utterance
- middlescence — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- middlingness — Quality of being middling.
- midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- mindlessness — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minor orders — the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.