12-letter words containing a, c, u, m, l
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multiplicate — multiple; manifold.
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- non-communal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
- 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
- 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.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- 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.
- permaculture — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- 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.
- plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
- pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- quantum cell — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum dot cell") A structure comprising four quantum dots arranged in a square, with two diagonally opposed dots containing electron charges. One diagonal containing charges is arbitrarily defined as representing a value of '1', the other as '0'. In a five-dot cell, the fifth, central dot contains no charge. See also: quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- reaccumulate — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
- semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.