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11-letter words containing a, m, t, e, u, r

  • drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
  • dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
  • dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
  • ear trumpet — a trumpet-shaped device held to the ear for collecting and intensifying sounds and once commonly used as an aid to hearing.
  • emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
  • enumerating — Present participle of enumerate.
  • enumeration — The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
  • enumerative — Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration.
  • enumerators — Plural form of enumerator.
  • epigastrium — The part of the upper abdomen immediately over the stomach.
  • estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
  • eubacterium — A bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. The group comprises the “ true ” bacteria and cyanobacteria, as distinct from archaebacteria.
  • euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
  • eurythermal — (of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
  • extra-mural — Extra-mural courses are courses at a college or university which are taken mainly by part-time students.
  • extremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
  • foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
  • four-masted — carrying four masts.
  • from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
  • glomerulate — grouped in small, dense clusters
  • grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
  • gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
  • great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
  • haute-marne — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
  • heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
  • hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
  • housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
  • implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
  • importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • in aeternum — forever.
  • insectarium — a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
  • intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
  • intermutual — (obsolete) mutual.
  • intervallum — an interval of time
  • itinerarium — a prayer in the breviary, used by a priest about to begin a journey.
  • jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
  • jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
  • junk market — the market for junk bonds
  • juramentado — (formerly) a Muslim, especially a Moro, bound by an oath to be killed fighting against Christians and other infidels.
  • lautreamontComte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
  • lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
  • lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
  • magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
  • mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
  • manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
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