12-letter words containing e, m, u, l
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demutualized — Simple past tense and past participle of demutualize.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- dissimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissimulate.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- double album — a commercial recording sold on two CDs or LPs
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double dummy — a variety of bridge for two players in which two hands are kept face down until the end of the bidding when both hands are exposed.
- double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
- double modal — a syntactic construction in which two modal auxiliaries occur consecutively within a clause, as might could in I might could help you.
- double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- eau minerale — mineral water (def 1).
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- eleemosynous — Describes a gift or donation made as an act of charity or almsgiving.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- epithalamium — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- equimultiple — one of a series of amounts or numbers that each consist of another amount or number an equal number of times
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- euroterminal — a railway terminus from which trans-European trains operate
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- extramurally — In an extramural manner.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- fauxmosexual — (slang) A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
- feature film — full-length movie
- fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.