12-Letter Words Ending in M

The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.

Not isotropic.

NEPOTISM favouritism shown to a relative

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

""Pl -ria [-rɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues [from New Latin, from Latin appressus ; see appressed ]""

A primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.

Automorphic characterization.

English word

""Biology , Growth growth or motion in response to a chemical stimulus. ; chemotropic ,""

A developmental defect marked by the failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum.

""Geology the process of movement that causes the earth’s crust to form continents, mountains, oceans, etc. ; diastrophe , n . ; diastrophic , adj . Earth""

""ENDOMORPH A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.""

Fastidiousness in luxury

A nice umpire's unusual sort of philosophy

Resembling epilepsy.

Poem honoring newly- weds

English word

Policy of seeking economic or territorial growth

Doctrine of increasing the territory or influence of a country

EXPATRIATE To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

""The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.""

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

Same as Homomorphy. Homomorphy.

A tendency towards moisture.

REALISM concern with fact or reality

""The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble.""

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a sequence of microinstructions that controls the operation of an arithmetic and logic unit so that machine code instructions are executed

""Chemistry Having only one form, as one crystal form.""

Word with prefix multi-

NECROPHILE

""PETROLEUM Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.""

""OPERATION The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.""

Unrealistically high view of one's prospects

""A degenerative nervous disorder occurring mostly in persons older than 60 years, characterized in advanced stages by rhythmic muscular tremors, especially in the hands, and by rigidity of movement, a drooping posture, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression; the term designates a set of symptoms, and the underlying disease causing these symptoms is most commonly Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism results from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine caused by degeneration of the cells producing that agent. It can be mitigated by chemotherapy with agents such as levodopa (3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine).Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism results from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine caused by degeneration of the cells producing that agent. It can be mitigated by chemotherapy with agents such as levodopa (3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine).""

Small-mindedness

Lamia's Orphic new version betrays narrow outlook

Pl. perionychia (- - ) The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.

Lack of culture

Indifference to culture and the arts

Smug conventionality

The tendency of growing plant organs to move or curve under the influence of light. In ordinary use the term is practically synonymous with heliotropism.heliotropism.

""PICTORIAL Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.""

""The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism. dimorphism and trimorphism.""

""An organism, such as a fish or reptile, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of its surroundings; an ectotherm.""

CENTRISM a moderate political philosophy

POLYGLOTT

Same as Pleomorphism. Pleomorphism.

PRAGMATIC One skilled in affairs.

""An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.""

""Symbol Pa A rare, extremely toxic, radioactive element chemically similar to uranium, having 13 known isotopes, the most common of which is protactinium 231 with a half-life of 32,480 years. Atomic number 91; melting point 1,230°C; specific gravity 15.37; valence 4, 5. See Table at element .""

A song in celebration of a marriage.

Same as Pseudopod. Pseudopod.

""Of, relating to, or being random numbers generated by a definite, nonrandom computational process.""

PSYCHOLOGISE

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the group Pteridospermae Also called seed fern [from Greek pteris a fern + -sperm ]

""SCAPEGOAT A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.""

Pl. spermagonia also spermogonia (-n - ) A cup-shaped cavity or receptacle in which the spermatia of certain lichens and fungi are produced.

Brings The Dead to life for the latecomers who have something to say (wordplay)

Brings The Dead to life for the latecomers who have something to say

STANDPAT resisting or opposing change

Fabulous insurance payment (wordplay)

SUPERREAL

Realm of A-list celebrity (wordplay)

Very great fame

Position of great fame

""A stratum, or layer, above another.""

Sycophancy.

Of or relating to antibiotics.

""TRIUMPHAL Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch. as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.""

See dubnium .

""The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process. metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.""