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12-letter words containing m, o, u, s

  • immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
  • imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
  • impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
  • impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
  • in our midst — among us
  • incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
  • inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
  • infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
  • inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
  • inimicitious — inimical
  • insubmission — Lack of submission; disobedience.
  • intellimouse — Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
  • intuitionism — Ethics. the doctrine that moral values and duties can be discerned directly.
  • isostemonous — having stamens equal in number to the sepals or petals.
  • james huttonJames, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
  • jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
  • jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
  • lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
  • leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
  • leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
  • limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
  • lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
  • locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
  • luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
  • luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
  • luminousness — The condition of being luminous.
  • lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
  • macrocarpous — having large fruit.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
  • 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.
  • mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
  • malodorously — With a bad smell.
  • manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
  • manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
  • mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
  • manumissions — Plural form of manumission.
  • 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.
  • marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
  • marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
  • mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
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