12-letter words containing m, o, s
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- amniotic sac — membrane around embryo or foetus
- among others — used to indicate that there are several more people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all
- amortisation — Alternative spelling of amortization.
- amourousness — Rare spelling of amorousness.
- amphibiously — In the manner of an amphibian.
- amphicarpous — producing two kinds of fruit that differ either in form or in time of ripening.
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- amphistomous — (of certain animals, such as leeches) having a sucker at either end of the body
- amphitropous — (of a plant ovule) partially inverted so that the base and the micropyle at the apex are the same distance from the funicle
- ampullaceous — shaped like an ampulla or a bladder
- amuse-bouche — an appetizer before a meal
- anachronisms — Plural form of anachronism.
- anamorphoses — Plural form of anamorphosis.
- anamorphosis — an image or drawing distorted in such a way that it becomes recognizable only when viewed in a specified manner or through a special device
- anaplasmosis — a disease of cattle caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Anaplasma marginale, transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks.
- anastomosing — Present participle of anastomose.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
- anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- angiostomous — having a narrow opening
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
- anti-smoking — opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antimosquito — acting against mosquitoes
- antinepotism — opposed to or acting against nepotism
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- appointments — Plural form of appointment.
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- araneomorphs — Plural form of araneomorph.
- archesporium — archespore.
- armed forces — The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- arteriograms — Plural form of arteriogram.
- arthrotomies — Plural form of arthrotomy.
- asbestos mat — a heat-proof mat
- ascomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimilators — Plural form of assimilator.
- assimilatory — characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.