13-letter words containing m, u, s, c, a
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- non-malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
- réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
- republicanism — republican government.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- semiautomatic — partly automatic.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- social column — a column in a newspaper or magazine that details the activities of members of fashionable society
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- stratocumulus — a cloud of a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock