12-letter words containing c, o, s, m, g
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- macrogametes — Plural form of macrogamete.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microsegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by juncture.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- 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.”.
- 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.
- 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.
- nonconsuming — not consuming a resource, product, or service
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sphygmoscope — a device for studying or examining the pulse