12-letter words containing s, m, a, c
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- antasthmatic — relieving the symptoms of asthma
- antechambers — Plural form of antechamber.
- anti-fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antimacassar — a cloth covering the back and arms of chairs, etc, to prevent soiling or as decoration
- arc spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric arc, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the arc passes.
- archesporium — archespore.
- armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
- armed forces — The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- ascomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.
- astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.
- astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
- astrocompass — a navigational instrument for giving directional bearings from the centre of the earth to a particular star. It is carried in long-range aircraft, ships, spacecraft, etc
- astrocytomas — Plural form of astrocytoma.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
- asymptomatic — If someone with a disease is asymptomatic, it means that they do not show any symptoms of the disease.
- asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
- asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- axiom schema — (logic) A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, containing one or more. These metasyntactic variables (or "schematic variables") that stand for terms or subformulae. An example is the Axiom of Comprehension.
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- backswimmers — Plural form of backswimmer.
- backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
- backwoodsman — Backwoodsmen are people, especially politicians, who like the old ways of doing things, or who are involved in an organization at a local level.
- backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
- balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- basmati rice — a variety of long-grain rice with slender aromatic grains, used for savoury dishes
- beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
- beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
- black balsam — Peru balsam.
- black cosmos — a garden plant, Cosmos diversifolius, of Mexico, having small, dahlialike tubers and solitary flower heads with red disk flowers and velvety, dark-red or purplish ray flowers.
- black muslim — a member of the Black Muslims
- black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.