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11-letter words containing m, a, u, r, e

  • bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
  • bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
  • cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • chamber mug — a chamber pot.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
  • come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
  • conjure man — (in the southern U.S. and the West Indies) a conjurer; witch doctor.
  • connumerate — to count together
  • countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
  • countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
  • countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
  • coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
  • cram course — an intensive course of study designed to review or teach material needed for a specific purpose or, often, material previously taught but not mastered.
  • cream sauce — a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc
  • crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
  • crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
  • cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
  • curb market — curb (def 5).
  • curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
  • customaries — Plural form of customary.
  • damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
  • demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
  • demodulator — a device used in demodulation
  • demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
  • denumerable — capable of being put into a one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers; countable
  • denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
  • desideratum — something lacked and wanted
  • deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • drama queen — Informal. a person who often has exaggerated or overly emotional reactions to events or situations: You're such a drama queen! You always have to have all the attention.
  • dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
  • drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
  • drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
  • dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
  • dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
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