12-letter words containing s, m, a, l, t
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gastric mill — a gizzard in decapod crustaceans, as lobsters, crabs, and shrimps, having an arrangement of teeth and small bones for grinding food and bristles for filtering small particles.
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- health stamp — a postage stamp with a surcharge that is used to support a health camp
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- immoralistic — (somewhat, rare) Of or relating to immoralism.
- immoralities — Plural form of immorality.
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immortalize.
- impartialist — Someone who is or pretends to be impartial.
- imperialists — Plural form of imperialist.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- impositional — Of or relating to imposition; intrusive.
- in altissimo — in the octave commencing an octave above the treble clef
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- installments — Plural form of installment.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- isolationism — the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.