12-letter words containing m, u, t, s
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- custom-built — If something is custom-built, it is built according to someone's special requirements.
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customs duty — a tax payable to customs when importing or exporting goods
- customs form — a form for customs, concerning the nature, value, destination, etc, of goods being imported or exported
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- custos morum — a custodian or guardian of morals; censor.
- cyclostomous — of or relating to a cyclostome
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- desmond tutu — a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket)
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- dessert menu — In a restaurant or café, the dessert menu is a list of the desserts that are available.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- detumescence — the subsidence of a swelling, esp the return of a swollen organ, such as the penis, to the flaccid state
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- disguisement — Disguise (deceptive appearance).
- dissimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissimulate.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distributism — a socioeconomic theory and system advocating widespread ownership of private property and the means of production: based on late 19th-century Catholic teachings on economic and social justice.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.