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13-letter words containing i, d, u, m, a

  • domical vault — cloistered vault.
  • dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
  • dromaeosaurid — A carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a late Cretaceous family that included deinonychus and the velociraptors. They had a large slashing claw on each hind foot.
  • drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
  • ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
  • fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
  • glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
  • haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
  • hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
  • ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
  • incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
  • indian mutiny — a revolt of the sepoy troops in British India (1857–59), resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown.
  • indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
  • individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
  • industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
  • lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
  • macadamia nut — edible seed
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
  • mandarin duck — a crested Asian duck, Aix galericulata, having variegated purple, green, chestnut, and white plumage.
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • media studies — educational subjects or courses relating to the mass media
  • medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
  • medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
  • medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
  • medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.
  • mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
  • metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
  • midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • misadjustment — Wrong or unsuitable adjustment.
  • misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
  • misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
  • misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
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