12-letter words containing a, m, u, r
- 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.
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- undreamed of — If you describe something as undreamed of, you are emphasizing that it is much better, worse, or more unusual than you thought was possible.
- unenumerated — to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unglamourous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unimolecular — of or involving only one molecular entity
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unmarketable — readily salable.
- unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- unmeasurable — of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.
- unmeasurably — of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.
- unmiraculous — not caused by a miracle
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- unnormalized — to make normal.
- unornamental — not decorative
- unornamented — not decorated; unadorned
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unprogrammed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- unredeemable — capable of being redeemed.
- unreformable — not able to be reformed or reclaimed
- unremarkable — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unremediable — capable of being remedied.
- unremittable — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- unseminaried — not having a seminary education
- unterminated — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- untrammelled — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- untransmuted — not transmuted; that has not been transmuted or transformed
- up a gumtree — in a very awkward position; in difficulties
- up-and-comer — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- uricacidemia — lithemia.
- vacuum brake — a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system
- vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking