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12-letter words containing c, u, m, a, r

  • matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
  • maximum card — a picture postcard to which a stamp can be affixed on the picture side, after which it can be cancelled by the appropriate postal service.
  • media circus — excessive news coverage
  • megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
  • mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
  • mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
  • mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
  • mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
  • mercury mass — blue mass (def 1).
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
  • metacultural — Relating to metaculture.
  • microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
  • microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
  • miracle cure — a successful treatment for a disease that was thought impossible to cure
  • miracle drug — wonder drug.
  • miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
  • misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
  • mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
  • molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
  • monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
  • mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
  • mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
  • motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
  • mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
  • muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
  • muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
  • multicentral — having or dependent on several centres; multicentre
  • multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
  • multifurcate — forked; branching.
  • multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
  • multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
  • murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
  • musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
  • nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
  • nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
  • nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
  • nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
  • nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
  • normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
  • nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
  • obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
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