12-letter words containing m, o, u, c, h
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- not much cop — If you say that something is not much cop, you mean that it is not very good, and is disappointing.
- nothing much — not a lot
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- 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.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- touch bottom — to run aground
- touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- urethrectomy — excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.