12-letter words containing e, d, u, m
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- index number — a quantity whose variation over a period of time measures the change in some phenomenon.
- instrumented — equipped with instruments to perform specified functions, as testing, measurement, or control: an instrumented railroad car.
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- loud-mouthed — If you describe someone as loud-mouthed, you are critical of them because they talk a lot, especially in an unpleasant, offensive, or stupid way.
- 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.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- 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).
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- maundy money — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- meadow mouse — any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medium strip — median strip.
- medium-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having between five and fifteen years to run before redemption
- medium-sized — neither very large nor very small: a medium-sized house.
- medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- middle stump — the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.