12-letter words containing d, u, r, n
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- mare undarum — (Sea of Waves) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 4800 sq. mi. (12,000 sq. km).
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- massaranduba — any of various evergreen trees of the genus Manilkara of the family Sapotaceae that are native to the tropics
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- multicentred — Having multiple centres.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nefud desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia: areas of reddish sand. About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- neurodiverse — Exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration.
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- nonconductor — a substance that does not readily conduct heat, sound, or electricity.
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- nonredundant — not redundant
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- norton sound — an arm of the Bering Sea on the W coast of Alaska, S of the Seward Peninsula. About 150 miles (240 km) long and 125 miles (200 km) wide.
- nuee ardente — (in a volcanic eruption) a swiftly flowing, dense cloud of hot gases, ashes, and lava fragments.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- nuri as-said — 1888–1958, Iraqi soldier and statesman: prime minister of Iraq 14 times between 1930 and 1958: he died during a military coup
- nurse's aide — a person who assists professional nurses, as in a hospital, by performing such routine tasks as making beds and serving meals.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business