11-letter words containing a, y, u, r
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- mercury arc — a bluish-green electric arc that has passed through a mercury-vapor cathode.
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- mucociliary — Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
- multiparity — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- muscle mary — a homosexual man who practises bodybuilding
- muscularity — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- naturopathy — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- near-nudity — the state of not wearing many clothes
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- nocturnally — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nonauditory — not auditory, not related to hearing or its functions
- nonculinary — not culinary, not relating to cookery or the kitchen
- nulliparity — a woman who has never borne a child.
- numerically — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- oracularity — Oracular speech or behaviour.
- oraculously — in an oraculous manner
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- papyraceous — papery.
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- part way up — some way towards the summit
- party music — music for or at a party
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- perpetually — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- piacularity — the state of being piacular
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play truant — be absent from school without permission
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.