11-letter words containing a, m, n, u
- odd man out — a method of selecting or eliminating a person from a group, as by matching coins, especially in preparation for playing a game.
- oecumenical — general; universal.
- ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
- omega minus — an unstable negatively charged elementary particle, classified as a baryon, that has a mass 3273 times that of the electron
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- omnilingual — Having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- out-migrant — a person who out-migrates.
- outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- outmaneuver — to outwit, defeat, or frustrate by maneuvering.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- pandemonium — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- pericranium — the outer periosteum of the cranium.
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- quadrennium — a period of four years.
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quantum bit — the fundamental unit of information in a quantum computer, capable of existing in two states, 0 or 1, simultaneously or at a different time.
- quantum dot — (physics) (Or "single-electron transistor") A location capable of containing a single electrical charge; i.e., a single electron of Coulomb charge. Physically, quantum dots are nanometer-size semiconductor structures in which the presence or absence of a quantum electron can be used to store information. See also: quantum cell, quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara