12-letter words containing s, a, l, e, m, n
- metaanalysis — Alternative spelling of meta-analysis.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- misalignment — improperly aligned.
- misalliances — Plural form of misalliance.
- misallotment — improper or wrong allotment
- miscellanies — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- miscellanist — a person who writes, compiles, or edits miscellanies.
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- mistranslate — Translate (something) incorrectly.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- namelessness — The state or quality of being nameless.
- 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.
- 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.
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- planetesimal — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- remnant sale — a sale of items that are unwanted or left over, sold at a lower price
- sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- saltpetreman — a supplier of saltpetre