10-letter words containing d, e, i, n, u
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- mind mouse — (hardware) A pointing device (unlike a mouse in design, but serving the same purpose) which works via sensors in contact with the user's skin. The sensors are built into a plastic base which fits on one finger and which is similar in shape to a finger cast. The principle of operation is presumably myoelectric, not psionic, contrary to what the name implies. As of the time of writing (1996), mind mice are not accurate enough to be anything but novelties.
- minibudget — a group of economic measures proposed between full annual budgets
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mountained — having mountains
- mucedinous — of or resembling mold or mildew.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- mujahideen — Guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries, especially those who are fighting against non-Muslim forces.
- multipaned — having or comprising more than one pane, esp of glass
- muscadines — Plural form of muscadine.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- nidamentum — an egg capsule, the material used to construct an egg receptacle or nest
- noninduced — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nonsulfide — (of minerals) not containing a sulfide.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- nucleotide — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- odiousness — (uncountable) The condition of being odious.
- outdenting — Present participle of outdent.
- outpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of outpoint.
- outredding — the act of redeeming land or goods
- outside in — another term for inside out
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- pinguitude — fatness
- plentitude — abundance or fullness
- plugged in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plugged-in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- prejudging — a preliminary round of judging, as in a contest where a certain number or percentage of the entrants are eliminated before the final judging.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- quadrennia — Plural form of quadrennium.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quantified — Measured.
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quiet down — stop talking so loudly