12-letter words containing a, t, r, u, m
- extramundane — Outside or beyond the physical world.
- extramurally — In an extramural manner.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- feature film — full-length movie
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fruit farmer — somebody who farms or grows fruit
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immaturities — Plural form of immaturity.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- import quota — the maximum amount of a product that can be imported into a country within a given period of time
- in miniature — on a smaller scale
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- intraluminal — Within a lumen.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- intramurally — In an intramural manner.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.