12-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- music critic — a journalist who writes critiques of concerts
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonparasitic — Not parasitic.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthoclastic — (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthosilicic — (chemistry) Of, relating to or derived from orthosilicic acid.
- oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.