13-letter words containing c, i, r, u, m
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- disencumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of disencumber.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- e-recruitment — the practice of using Internet or electronic resources to recruit new employees, as by searching online résumé databases.
- equimolecular — (chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds).
- eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
- ferrochromium — a ferroalloy containing up to 70 percent chromium.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- form function — (jargon) The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
- formicivorous — ant-eating.
- formulaically — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- function room — a room designated for official or formal social gatherings or ceremonies
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- inclinatorium — an instrument invented by Robert Norman in 1576, used to determine the degree to which a magnetic needle dips towards the earth; a dipping needle
- income source — something that provides a regular supply of money, such as employment, investments, a pension etc
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- indirect jump — (programming) A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macromutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
- macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.