12-letter words containing s, i, r, o
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- loosestrifes — Plural form of loosestrife.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- louis treize — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lubriciously — In a lubricious manner.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
- macro-cosmic — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- makarios iii — (Michael Christodoulos Mouskos) 1913–77, Cypriot statesman and Greek Orthodox prelate: archbishop and patriarch of Cyprus 1950–77; president 1960–77 (in exile 1974).
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- malapropisms — Plural form of malapropism.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- marcatissimo — in a heavily accented manner
- marconi mast — an elaborately stayed mast.
- marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.