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12-letter words containing u, m, a

  • ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
  • osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
  • oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
  • out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
  • outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
  • outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
  • 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.
  • overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
  • pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
  • panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
  • pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
  • parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
  • parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • pax vobiscum — peace be with you
  • pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
  • perambulator — baby carriage.
  • perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • permaculture — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • plenum cable — (hardware)   Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
  • plumbaginous — containing graphite.
  • plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
  • plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
  • pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
  • pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
  • pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
  • pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
  • poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
  • polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
  • poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
  • power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
  • praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
  • preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
  • premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
  • premium-rate — (relating to telephone calls) charged at a higher than standard rate
  • primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
  • product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
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