12-letter words containing m, u, s, i
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- museum piece — something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- music critic — a journalist who writes critiques of concerts
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- musicologist — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- 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
- mutinousness — The state or condition of being mutinous.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- 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.
- 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
- nonunanimous — not unanimous
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- numinousness — The state or quality of being numinous.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- numismatists — Plural form of numismatist.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.