12-letter words containing m, o, n, t, u, s
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmodedness — The condition of being outmoded.
- 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
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postliminium — postliminy.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- 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.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- 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.
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- 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.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- smooth hound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sound system — equipment for playing music
- southernmost — farthest south.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- strontium 90 — a harmful radioactive isotope of strontium, produced in certain nuclear reactions and present in their fallout.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- 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.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- 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.
- unoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.