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12-letter words containing a, m, u, n, d

  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • nonautomated — not automated or operated by machines
  • nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
  • nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
  • odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
  • odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
  • paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • quadriennium — quadrennium.
  • quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
  • quadrominium — a building consisting of four individually owned apartments or living units.
  • quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
  • readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
  • rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
  • returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • run commands — (operating system)   The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
  • subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
  • supramundane — transcending the world
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
  • trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
  • turned comma — quotation mark.
  • ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
  • un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • un-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
  • un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
  • unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
  • unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
  • unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
  • unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • under-manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • undergarment — an article of underwear.
  • underlayment — material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc.
  • undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
  • undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
  • understratum — a substratum.
  • undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
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