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12-letter words containing n, o, s, t, m, a

  • laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
  • machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
  • macintosh ii — (computer)   (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
  • mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
  • macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
  • magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
  • magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
  • magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
  • magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
  • main-topmast — the mast next above the main lower mast.
  • main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
  • maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
  • malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
  • malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
  • malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
  • malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
  • man of straw — straw man.
  • manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
  • mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
  • marconi mast — an elaborately stayed mast.
  • mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
  • marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
  • marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
  • marston moor — a former moor in NE England, west of York: Cromwell's victory over the Royalists 1644.
  • master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
  • master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
  • mastications — Plural form of mastication.
  • mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
  • mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
  • matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
  • matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
  • matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
  • maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
  • mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
  • melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
  • memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
  • menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
  • mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
  • mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
  • mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
  • metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
  • metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
  • metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
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