12-letter words containing a, s, i, c
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- mosaic image — the collective image produced by the ommatidia of a compound eye
- moss campion — cushion pink.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- multi-pascal — An extension of Pascal-S with multiprocessing features. Used in "The Art of Parallel Programming", Bruce P. Lester, P-H 1993.
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- natchitoches — a city in NW Louisiana.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- necessitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necessitate.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- neoclassical — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- nesosilicate — any silicate, as olivine, in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are not interlinked.
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- nicholas iii — (Giovanni Gaetani Orsini) died 1280, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1277–80.
- nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nominalistic — (philosophy) Having a nominalist character.
- non-activist — an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- non-hispanic — Spanish.
- non-monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- non-sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
- nonapostolic — Not apostolic.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nonclassical — not classical or contrary to classical precepts.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.