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12-letter words containing c, s, i, m

  • lacrimal sac — the dilated upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct that receives tears from the lacrimal ducts.
  • lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
  • legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
  • leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
  • limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
  • limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
  • lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
  • liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
  • lisp machine — 1.   (architecture)   Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2.   (hardware, operating system)   A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
  • 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.
  • luminescence — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
  • lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
  • macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
  • macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
  • machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
  • machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
  • macintosh ii — (computer)   (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
  • mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
  • macro-cosmic — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
  • macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
  • macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
  • macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
  • macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
  • magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
  • magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
  • maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
  • maintenances — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
  • majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
  • majesticness — The quality of being majestic.
  • make sb sick — disgust sb morally
  • malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
  • maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
  • malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
  • malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
  • malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
  • malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
  • malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
  • mammaplastic — Of, or pertaining to, mammaplasty.
  • manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
  • mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
  • manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
  • manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
  • marcatissimo — in a heavily accented manner
  • marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
  • marconi mast — an elaborately stayed mast.
  • mare crisium — (Sea of Crises) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 66,000 sq. mi. (170,000 sq. km).
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