12-letter words containing m, a, n
- anaplasmosis — a disease of cattle caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Anaplasma marginale, transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks.
- anastigmatic — (of a lens or optical device) not astigmatic
- anastomosing — Present participle of anastomose.
- anathematise — Alternative spelling of anathematize.
- anathematism — A formula of words used to cast anathema upon heretics etc.
- anathematize — to pronounce an anathema (upon a person, etc); curse
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
- anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- angiostomous — having a narrow opening
- anglo-norman — relating to the Norman conquerors of England, their society, or their language
- angra mainyu — the evil spirit who contends against Spenta Mainyu.
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- animadverted — Simple past tense and past participle of animadvert.
- animadverter — a person who expresses his or her opinion without fear of criticism or rebuke
- animal black — any of various black pigments, as boneblack or ivory black, obtained from calcined animal matter.
- animal faith — nonrational belief in the existence of a fully knowable world outside the mind.
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- animated gif — (graphics, file format) (GIF89a) A variant of the GIF image format, often used on web pages to provide moving icons and banners. The GIF89a format supports multiple "frames" that give the impression of motion when displayed in sequence, much like a flip book. The animation may repeat continuously or play once. Animated GIFs aren't supported by earlier web browsers, however the first frame of the image is still shown. There are many utilities to create animated GIFs from a sequence of individual GIF files. There are also utilities that will produce animated GIFs automatically from a piece of text or a single image. One problem with this format is the size of the files produced, as they are by definition a sequence of individual images. Apart from minimising the number of frames, the best way to decrease file size is to assist the LZW compression by using blocks of solid colour, avoid dithering, and use fewer colours. If areas of an image don't change from one frame to another, they don't need to be redrawn so make the area a transparent block in the second frame.
- animated oat — an oat, Avena sterilis, of the Mediterranean region, having spikelets that twist or move when exposed to sudden moisture, due to the hygroscopic action of the awns.
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
- anklewarmers — Plural form of anklewarmer.
- announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- antasthmatic — relieving the symptoms of asthma
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- antechambers — Plural form of antechamber.
- antemeridian — before noon; in the morning
- antependiums — Plural form of antependium.
- anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
- anthroponomy — the science dealing with the laws regulating the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment.
- anthroponymy — the study of personal names.
- anthropotomy — the structure of the human body
- anti-dumping — designating or of laws, tariffs, etc. that ban or counteract the dumping of goods by a foreign manufacturer
- anti-fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- anti-judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- anti-smoking — opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.