12-letter words containing m, u, t, o, n, c
- contemptuous — If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- conterminous — enclosed within a common boundary
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- contumelious — rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cotton mouth — a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- countermoved — Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- country mile — a long way
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- denouncement — to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- home country — the country a person comes from
- humification — the formation of humus.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- inimicitious — inimical
- intercommune — to commune or converse together
- locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.