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10-letter words containing m, a, d, u

  • oedematous — (British spelling) Alternative form of edematous.
  • ommatidium — one of the radial elements composing a compound eye.
  • outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
  • outmatched — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
  • outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
  • panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
  • parapodium — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
  • plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
  • pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
  • pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
  • pull media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
  • push media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
  • quadriform — having four parts or sides
  • quadrireme — (in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.
  • quadrivium — (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
  • quadrumane — a quadrumanous animal, as a monkey.
  • quadrumvir — a member of a quadrumvirate.
  • raduliform — rasp-like
  • remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
  • rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
  • round clam — quahog.
  • rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
  • scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
  • semifeudal — partly feudal
  • smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
  • snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • squad room — a room in a police station where police officers assemble, as for inspection, roll call, or duty assignments.
  • stamp duty — land tax
  • stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
  • steamed up — obscured by vapour
  • stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • stomodaeum — stomodeum.
  • submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
  • sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
  • summarised — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
  • tamil nadu — a large state in S India: formerly a presidency; boundaries readjusted on a linguistic basis 1956. 50,216 sq. mi. (130,058 sq. km). Capital: Chennai.
  • tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
  • torquemada — Tomás de [taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.
  • trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
  • trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
  • un-made-up — not wearing make-up
  • unacademic — not academic or at an academic level
  • unadmiring — not admiring or esteeming
  • unadmitted — having been denied entry
  • unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
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