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12-letter words containing m, o, s

  • bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
  • bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
  • black cosmos — a garden plant, Cosmos diversifolius, of Mexico, having small, dahlialike tubers and solitary flower heads with red disk flowers and velvety, dark-red or purplish ray flowers.
  • blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
  • blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
  • block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
  • blood plasma — the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
  • blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
  • blossom into — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
  • boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
  • bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
  • bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
  • bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
  • bombacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bombacaceae, a family of tropical trees, including the kapok tree and baobab, that have very thick stems, often with water-storing tissue
  • bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
  • bonus number — (in the National Lottery) a number announced after the normal six numbers which influences the amount of prize money paid
  • bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
  • book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
  • boom-or-bust — boom-and-bust.
  • boomer state — Oklahoma
  • booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
  • bosom friend — an intimate friend
  • bottom grass — any grass that grows on bottoms or lowlands.
  • bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
  • bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
  • bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
  • boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • bromhidrosis — the secretion of foul-smelling sweat.
  • bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
  • bulk modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance equal to minus the ratio of the applied stress (p) to the resulting fractional change in volume (dV/V) in a specified reference state (dV/V is the bulk strain)
  • calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
  • call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniously — in a calumnious manner
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
  • cameraperson — a camera operator
  • camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
  • can of worms — a complicated problem
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
  • cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
  • causationism — the theory of universal causation
  • cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
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