12-letter words containing m, o, s
- clothes moth — any of various tineid moths, esp Tineola bisselliella, the larvae of which feed on wool or fur
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
- coat of arms — The coat of arms of a family, town, or organization is a special design in the form of a shield that they use as a symbol of their identity.
- code segment — (memory) (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
- coffeemakers — Plural form of coffeemaker.
- collectivism — Collectivism is the political belief that a country's industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism.
- collegialism — the theory that the church's highest authority is its collective membership
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- collembolous — of or relating to colembolans
- color scheme — In a room or house, the color scheme is the way in which colors have been used to decorate it.
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- come to pass — to take place
- come to rest — When an object that has been moving comes to rest, it finally stops.
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- comfort stop — a short break on a journey to allow travellers to go to the toilet
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- comma splice — comma fault.
- command post — A command post is a place from which a commander in the army controls and organizes his forces.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commandments — a command or mandate.
- commemorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commemorate.
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commentators — Plural form of commentator.
- comminations — Plural form of commination.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commiserates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commiserate.
- commiserator — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissarial — Of or pertaining to a commissary.
- commissariat — A commissariat is a military department that is in charge of food supplies.
- commissaries — Plural form of commissary.
- commissioned — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commissioner — A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.
- commoditised — Simple past tense and past participle of commoditise.
- common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
- common scold — (in early common law) a habitually rude and brawling woman whose conduct was subject to punishment as a public nuisance.
- common sense — Your common sense is your natural ability to make good judgments and to behave in a practical and sensible way.