12-letter words containing a, m, u, s, i, n
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- 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.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rambus, inc. — (company) The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- 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.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- 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.
- 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
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- 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.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned