12-letter words containing i, m, u
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- 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.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed
- earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
- eau minerale — mineral water (def 1).
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- engine mount — The engine mount is the part of the chassis on which an engine is supported.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- 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
- equinumerous — having the same number of members
- equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- ethosuximide — A particular anticonvulsant drug.
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- 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.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- family album — photos of a family
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- 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.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- firmer gouge — a narrow-bladed gouge similar in manner of use to a firmer chisel.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- 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.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.