12-letter words containing o, s, m, l
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- motionlessly — In a motionless manner; without moving.
- motivelessly — Without a motive.
- motor sailer — a yacht having sails and an engine as an alternative or auxiliary means of propulsion.
- motor skills — coordination, ability to move
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- motorcyclist — a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.
- mournfulness — The property of being mournful.
- mouse trails — (operating system) A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- movelessness — the state of being without movement or motion
- mrs-malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- multi-storey — A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- multiloquous — Very talkative.
- multinomials — Plural form of multinomial.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multisession — Involving multiple sessions.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- musicologist — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- myelopoiesis — (biology) The regulated formation of myeloid cells.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- nasal demons — Recognised shorthand on the Usenet group comp.std.c for any unexpected behaviour of a C compiler on encountering an undefined construct. During a discussion on that group in early 1992, a regular remarked "When the compiler encounters [a given undefined construct] it is legal for it to make demons fly out of your nose" (the implication is that the compiler may choose any arbitrarily bizarre way to interpret the code without violating the ANSI C standard). Someone else followed up with a reference to "nasal demons", which quickly became established.
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- nationalisms — Plural form of nationalism.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.