12-letter words containing s, i, l, m
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dyslipidemia — (medicine) an inbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- eliminations — Plural form of elimination.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emerald isle — Ireland
- emotionalism — An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. (from 19th c.).
- emotionalist — Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- entitlements — Plural form of entitlement.
- entomologist — A scientist who studies insects.
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- episcopalism — the belief that a Church should be governed by bishops
- epistemology — The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- epitheliomas — Plural form of epithelioma.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- essentialism — A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- factionalism — of a faction or factions.
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- familiarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of familiarize.
- familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
- first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).