12-letter words containing m, i, s, c, o, u
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- 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.
- scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
- 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.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
- 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.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- 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.
- synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- uncle tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks.
- uncomeliness — the quality or condition of being uncomely
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- unmiraculous — not caused by a miracle
- unoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- x consortium — A vendor consortium supporting development, evolution and maintenance of the X Window System. The X Consortium is an independent, not-for-profit company. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Consortium, a research group of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.