13-letter words containing d, e, m, u, r, a
- indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mass murderer — A mass murderer is someone who deliberately kills a large number of people illegally.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- multistranded — having several strands
- multithreaded — multithreading
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- muzzle-loader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- overenamoured — excessively fond
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadrumvirate — a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.