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12-letter words containing o, m, l, n

  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
  • bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
  • bitter melon — balsam pear.
  • blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
  • bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
  • blooming oil — an oil used as a lubricant in fine sandpapering.
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • blossom into — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
  • blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
  • blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
  • bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
  • calumniously — in a calumnious manner
  • camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
  • chylomicrons — Plural form of chylomicron.
  • citron melon — a kind of fruit with a hard white flesh, that grows on a variety of watermelon plant (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides): used only candied or preserved
  • clams casino — broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
  • cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • clintonomics — (used with a singular verb) the economic policies set forth by President Bill Clinton.
  • clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
  • coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
  • cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
  • coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
  • coconut palm — A coconut palm is a tall tree on which coconuts grow.
  • codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
  • collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
  • column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
  • column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
  • columnarized — columnar (def 3).
  • columniation — the arrangement of architectural columns
  • come unglued — If something comes unglued, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
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