12-letter words containing s, e, i, m, c
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- 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.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- necromimesis — a pathological state in which a person believes himself or herself to be dead.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- nietzscheism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- non-systemic — of or relating to a system.
- noneconomist — a person who is not an economist
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- omnisciences — Plural form of omniscience.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- osteomalacia — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- osteomalacic — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- quiesce time — (jargon) The length of time taken to quiesce a system (to render it inactive), or the length of time between periods of inactivity.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.