12-letter words containing e, m, u
- arc spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric arc, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the arc passes.
- archesporium — archespore.
- armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
- armourbearer — One who carries armor for another.
- armoured car — a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance
- ascomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.
- assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
- assumed name — If you do something under an assumed name, you do it using a name that is not your real name.
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
- autotoxaemia — autointoxication.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- axe-murderer — someone who commits murderer with an axe
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
- bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
- befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- benumbedness — the condition of being benumbed
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- beurre manie — butterpaste.
- bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- bimillennium — a period of two thousand years
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- blood volume — the total quantity of blood in the body
- blue helmets — armed troops under the sponsorship of the United Nations, used for peacekeeping
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
- blue swimmer — an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus