12-letter words containing m, o, u, s, t, a
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
- mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.