12-letter words containing s, i, a, m
- multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
- multiseriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- 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.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- nationalisms — Plural form of nationalism.
- 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.
- neonomianism — the doctrine in Christian theology that the Gospel of Christ is a new Law, completely supplanting the Mosaic Law
- 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.
- nestorianism — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- newsmagazine — a periodical specializing in reports and commentaries on current events, usually issued weekly.
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nominalistic — (philosophy) Having a nominalist character.
- non-monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- nonadmission — Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonunanimous — not unanimous
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- numismatists — Plural form of numismatist.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.