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12-letter words containing a, m, u, s

  • encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
  • enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
  • epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
  • erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
  • eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
  • exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
  • exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
  • extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
  • fauxmosexual — (slang) A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
  • flammiferous — flame-producing
  • forasmuch as — since
  • formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
  • formulations — Plural form of formulation.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
  • fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
  • funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
  • fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • gaius marius — Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
  • gamopetalous — having the petals united.
  • gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
  • gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
  • get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
  • glamour puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
  • glamour-puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
  • glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
  • guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
  • guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
  • gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
  • half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
  • harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
  • harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
  • harum-scarum — reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.
  • haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
  • helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
  • hematogenous — originating in the blood.
  • heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
  • hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
  • homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
  • homosexually — In a homosexual way.
  • horse manure — horse's excrement
  • house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
  • housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
  • housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • human rights — basic civil freedoms
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