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12-letter words containing u, n, m

  • southernmost — farthest south.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
  • strontium 90 — a harmful radioactive isotope of strontium, produced in certain nuclear reactions and present in their fallout.
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
  • subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
  • subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
  • suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • summum bonum — the highest or chief good.
  • sumphishness — stupidity, sulkiness
  • sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
  • supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
  • supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
  • supplemental — supplementary.
  • supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
  • supramundane — transcending the world
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
  • swiss muslin — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
  • synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
  • synonymously — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • tautavel man — Arago man.
  • tax immunity — the fact of being immune from taxation
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • temporaneous — lasting a short while
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • the monument — a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city
  • the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
  • the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
  • thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
  • touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
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