12-letter words containing u, l, m
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- nom de plume — pen name.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- non-communal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- non-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nutmeg melon — netted melon.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- out of plumb — not vertical
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- oval kumquat — a spineless shrub or small citrus tree, Fortunella margarita, of China, having oval-shaped, orange-yellow fruit with sweet and acid flesh.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history