12-letter words containing a, s, c, h, m
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- macintosh ii — (computer) (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
- massachusett — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- mechanicians — Plural form of mechanician.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- mischanceful — unlucky
- mismatchment — an inappropriate match
- monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
- morris chair — a large armchair having an adjustable back and loose, removable cushions.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.