12-letter words containing m, u, s, i, t, a
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mouse trails — (operating system) A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find.
- mousquetaire — musketeer.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- multi-pascal — An extension of Pascal-S with multiprocessing features. Used in "The Art of Parallel Programming", Bruce P. Lester, P-H 1993.
- multicasting — the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multinomials — Plural form of multinomial.
- multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
- multiseriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- 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.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- numismatists — Plural form of numismatist.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.