12-letter words containing s, m, e, l
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- 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.
- earl marshal — an officer of the English peerage who presides over the College of Heralds and organizes royal processions and other important ceremonies
- 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
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- eleemosynous — Describes a gift or donation made as an act of charity or almsgiving.
- 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
- emollescence — a state of softening before hardening
- 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.
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enlargements — Plural form of enlargement.
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
- enterostomal — relating to enterostomy
- 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.
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- 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.
- exophthalmos — Abnormal protrusion of the eyeball or eyeballs.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- 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.