12-letter words containing s, e, l, n, o, d
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- 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.
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outside line — an external telephone connection
- overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- pollutedness — the state of being polluted
- polysyndeton — the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhode island — US state
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
- second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.