12-letter words containing s, i, a, m
- misquotation — the act of misquoting.
- missile base — a military base used for storing and firing missiles
- missing mass — the difference in mass in the universe between that observed to exist and that necessary for the closed universe model.
- missionaries — Plural form of missionary.
- missionarize — to undertake missionary work
- misstatement — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- missummation — an incorrect summation
- mistakenness — The state or condition of being mistaken.
- mistranslate — Translate (something) incorrectly.
- mistreatment — to treat badly or abusively.
- miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.
- mithridatism — the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses.
- mitrailleuse — a machine gun.
- mitre square — a tool with two blades that are at a fixed angle to one another, used to bevel a mitre joint
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- monastically — In a monastic manner.
- monetisation — Alternative spelling of monetization.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
- mooring mast — the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.
- moralisation — Standard spelling of moralization.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- morris chair — a large armchair having an adjustable back and loose, removable cushions.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- mosaic image — the collective image produced by the ommatidia of a compound eye
- moss campion — cushion pink.
- motor sailer — a yacht having sails and an engine as an alternative or auxiliary means of propulsion.
- motorisation — Alternative spelling of motorization.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mountainness — The property of being a mountain, or of being mountainlike.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- 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.
- mousquetaire — musketeer.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- multi-pascal — An extension of Pascal-S with multiprocessing features. Used in "The Art of Parallel Programming", Bruce P. Lester, P-H 1993.
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multinomials — Plural form of multinomial.