12-letter words containing c, o, t, u
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matriculator — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- meticulosity — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- meticulously — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- microcircuit — Electronics. integrated circuit.
- microculture — subculture (def 3b).
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- 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.”.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misconstruct — To construct wrongly.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- mount scopus — a mountain in central Israel, east of Jerusalem: a N extension of the Mount of Olives; site of the Hebrew University (1925). Height: 834 m (2736 ft)
- mountain cat — any of various wild feline mammals, such as the bobcat, lynx, or puma
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
- musicologist — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.