14-letter words containing m, u, s, c
- damascus steel — a hard flexible steel with wavy markings caused by forging the metal in strips: used for sword blades
- deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- face the music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- hammer crusher — A hammer crusher is a crusher in which a hammer hits the material that is being crushed.
- hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- huntsman's-cup — a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.