12-letter words containing c, u, s, t, o, m
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- 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)
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- 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.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- mycetomatous — relating to or affected by a mycetoma
- myxomycetous — of or relating to a slime mold.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noncommunist — not following, belonging to, or associated with the Communist Party or Communism.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pocket mouse — any of numerous burrowing rodents, especially of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- tomato sauce — ketchup