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11-letter words containing d, r, u, m, e

  • numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
  • outdoorsmen — Plural form of outdoorsman.
  • outnumbered — to exceed in number.
  • overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
  • pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
  • peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
  • pompadoured — styled in a pompadour
  • prejudgment — to judge beforehand.
  • prenumbered — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • proctodaeum — proctodeum.
  • producement — production
  • promptitude — promptness.
  • promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
  • pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
  • pure-minded — having a mind that is free from moral taint or defilement
  • quadrennium — a period of four years.
  • quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • red mercury — a supposedly radioactive substance that could be used in a bomb made from nuclear waste, widely believed to be part of a confidence trick in which gangsters sold useless material to terrorists in the early 1990s
  • reductivism — reductionism.
  • remunerated — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
  • renumerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
  • rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
  • rudesheimer — any of the Rheingau wines from the vineyards near Rüdesheim, a town on the Rhine River in W Germany.
  • rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
  • screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
  • self-murder — suicide
  • semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
  • shuddersome — tending to shudder
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
  • sound mixer — sb who records film sound
  • soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
  • sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
  • strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
  • subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
  • subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
  • sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
  • sum insured — The sum insured is the insurer's limit of liability under an insurance contract.
  • supermodern — highly modern
  • thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
  • thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • thunder mug — a chamber pot.
  • traducement — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
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