12-letter words containing so
- master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
- matto grosso — Mato Grosso.
- meddlesomely — In a meddlesome manner.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesocyclones — Plural form of mesocyclone.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
- metasomatism — the series of metamorphic processes whereby chemical changes occur in minerals or rocks as a result of the introduction of material, often in hot aqueous solutions, from external sources.
- millilampson — /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL. Most people run about 200 milliLampsons. The eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000. A few people speak faster. This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and actually emit them in speech. For example, noted computer architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
- misogynistic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mount robson — a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Height: 3954 m (12 972 ft)
- mount sorata — a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes: the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real, with two peaks, Ancohuma, 6550 m (21 490 ft), and Illampu, 6485 m (21 276 ft)
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- nesosilicate — any silicate, as olivine, in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are not interlinked.
- neurosensory — of or relating to the sensory role of the nervous system.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- non-obsolete — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- non-resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- nonabsorbent — Not absorbent; unable to absorb.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- noncrossover — a chromosome that has not crossed over during meiosis
- nonpoisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- nonsocialist — a person who is not a socialist
- nonsovereign — Not sovereign.
- nonsponsored — Not sponsored.
- nootka sound — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, inside Nootka Island on the W coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada.
- norton sound — an arm of the Bering Sea on the W coast of Alaska, S of the Seward Peninsula. About 150 miles (240 km) long and 125 miles (200 km) wide.
- not so dusty — not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- obsoleteness — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- odd-sounding — sounding or seeming strange or unusual