12-letter words containing c, o, m, f
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- gamification — the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game: Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- humification — the formation of humus.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- microfilaria — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- microfossils — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- minification — The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- moire effect — the appearance, when two regularly spaced sets of lines are superimposed, of a new set of lines (moiré pattern) passing through the points where the original lines cross at small angles.
- momification — the transition of a successful career woman into one who is chiefly concerned with homemaking and raising children
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- muffle color — Ceramics. a color fired onto an object in a muffle kiln.
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- nonconformer — One who does not conform to expected norms and standards; a nonconformist.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer