12-letter words containing u, y, s
- meticulously — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
- microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- money supply — the sum of demand or checking-account deposits and currency in circulation.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monotonously — lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- mossycup oak — bur oak
- motion study — time and motion study.
- mouse jockey — a person whose job mainly involves working with computers, esp for web and graphic design
- multi-storey — A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- muscovy duck — a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- mycetomatous — relating to or affected by a mycetoma
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- mystery tour — an excursion to an unspecified destination
- myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- myxomycetous — of or relating to a slime mold.
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- neurosensory — of or relating to the sensory role of the nervous system.
- neurosurgery — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- nonstatutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- not just any — If you say that someone or something is not just any person or thing, you mean that they are special in some way.
- not so dusty — not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
- nullity suit — a law suit declaring a marriage to be legally void
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.