12-letter words containing c, g, s
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- misogynistic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- 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
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- musicologist — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- non-egoistic — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- nonconsuming — not consuming a resource, product, or service
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- osteogenetic — (physiology) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packing slip — A packing slip is a list of what is included in a shipment.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- parascending — parasailing
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.