12-letter words containing s, e, m, u, n, c
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- intumescence — a swelling up, as with congestion.
- locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- luminescence — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- microinsurer — (insurance) An insurer providing microinsurance, small low-cost policies aimed at underserved groups.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multiscience — a broad knowledge
- muscle sense — a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
- non-consumer — a person or thing that consumes.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumococcus — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- 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
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- 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.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants