11-letter words containing l, i, m, o, u
- museologist — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- music lover — sb who enjoys listening to music
- music stool — a stool you sit on when playing a musical instrument
- musical box — music box.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mutilations — Plural form of mutilation.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- neopopulism — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- nonaluminum — relating to metals not containing aluminum
- nonluminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- nummulation — the red blood corpuscles in a small amount of blood that produce a formation akin to a heap of coins
- oecumenical — general; universal.
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts
- omnilingual — Having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
- orthohelium — (physics) Form of the helium atom in which the spins of the two electrons are parallel.
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- rumour mill — You can refer to the people in a particular place or profession who spread rumours as the rumour mill.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
- slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of 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.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- tautologism — the use of tautology.