12-letter words containing o, d, i, u, m
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- 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.
- on your mind — If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudopodium — pseudopod.
- quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
- quadrominium — a building consisting of four individually owned apartments or living units.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- unimprisoned — not confined in a prison
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unmethodized — not organized systematically, according to a method
- unmodernized — not made modern
- unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
- unmunitioned — not munitioned
- unnormalized — to make normal.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- wide-mouthed — having a wide mouth