12-letter words containing a, s, m, u
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- assumability — a mortgage loan or a feature of such that allows the buyer of a property to assume or take on the existing mortgage from the property seller
- assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
- assumed name — If you do something under an assumed name, you do it using a name that is not your real name.
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
- athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
- black muslim — a member of the Black Muslims
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- bombacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bombacaceae, a family of tropical trees, including the kapok tree and baobab, that have very thick stems, often with water-storing tissue
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- burmese jade — jadeite of the finest quality: a true jade.
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- chance music — aleatory music.
- chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- circumradius — the radius of the circle circumscribed around a triangle.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- communicants — Plural form of communicant.
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.
- commutations — Plural form of commutation.