11-letter words containing a, n, i, m, u
- 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.
- 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)
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- roman curia — the judicial and executive organizations of the papal see comprising the government of the Catholic Church.
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- semi-annual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
- sign manual — a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- singularism — any philosophy that explains phenomena from a single principle
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subimaginal — of or relating to subimago
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sustainment — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- thingumabob — thingamajig.
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
- tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
- tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
- tumefacient — tumefying; causing to swell.
- tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
- ultramarine — of the color ultramarine.
- un-american — not American; not characteristic of or proper to the U.S.; foreign or opposed to the characters, values, standards, goals, etc., of the U.S.
- un-charming — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- unacclaimed — to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud: to acclaim the conquering heroes.
- unambiguous — not ambiguous, or unclear; distinct; unequivocal: The object of the experiment was to reach an unambiguous conclusion about climate change.
- unambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- unamortized — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- unamusingly — in an unamusing or unentertaining manner
- unanimously — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.