12-letter words containing s, m, e, l, i, n
- line segment — segment (def 2b).
- linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- lose no time — act without delay
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- luminescence — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- luminousness — The condition of being luminous.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- 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.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- mannerliness — Politeness, good manners.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
- marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
- materialness — The state of being material.
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- metaanalysis — Alternative spelling of meta-analysis.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- middlescence — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- middlingness — Quality of being middling.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- millihenries — Plural form of millihenry.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- mindlessness — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.