12-letter words containing e, a, m, s, c
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- descamisados — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- domestic cat — feline kept as a pet
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticates — Plural form of domesticate.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- enchantments — Plural form of enchantment.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- encompassing — Present participle of encompass.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- enhancements — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- episcopalism — the belief that a Church should be governed by bishops
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- grammaticise — to make grammatical
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- hamantaschen — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.