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12-letter words containing a, u, t

  • municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
  • muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
  • murder trial — the trial of a person who is accused of murder
  • murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
  • murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
  • musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
  • mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
  • mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
  • mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
  • mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
  • mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
  • mutationally — In a mutational manner.
  • mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
  • muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
  • mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
  • mycetomatous — relating to or affected by a mycetoma
  • myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
  • mycodomatium — an abnormal growth on a plant, caused by fungi
  • myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
  • name capture — (reduction)   In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
  • nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
  • nanocomputer — (architecture)   /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
  • natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
  • natural-born — native-born.
  • naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
  • naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • naturalizing — Present participle of naturalize.
  • nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
  • nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
  • nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
  • nature trail — a path through a forest, wildlife preserve, or the like, especially one designed to provide opportunities for observing and learning about the flora and fauna.
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • naughty bits — genitals
  • naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
  • naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
  • nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
  • nautical day — a period from noon of one day to noon of the next, used in reckoning time aboard ship.
  • nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
  • net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
  • neural crest — a group of ectodermal cells that develop into a variety of tissues, including spinal and autonomic ganglia, connective tissue around the brain and spinal cord, and parts of the facial bones.
  • neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
  • neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
  • neuroanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
  • neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
  • neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
  • neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
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