14-letter words containing m, a, u, s, o
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- compass course — the direction of a ship's course based on its compass
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River