12-letter words containing m, o, u, s
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- non possumus — a statement that something cannot be done: The Pope would not accept a non possumus from the king.
- non-consumer — a person or thing that consumes.
- non-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- noncommunist — not following, belonging to, or associated with the Communist Party or Communism.
- nonconsuming — not consuming a resource, product, or service
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonunanimous — not unanimous
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- numerousness — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numinousness — The state or quality of being numinous.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmodedness — The condition of being outmoded.
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism