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13-letter words containing m, c, n, u

  • cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
  • cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
  • criminousness — the quality or state of being criminous
  • crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
  • culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
  • cummingtonite — an amphibole mineral, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, found in metamorphic rocks
  • cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
  • customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
  • customisation — Alternative spelling of customization.
  • customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
  • customs union — an association of nations which promotes free trade within the union and establishes common tariffs on trade with nonmember nations
  • cutter number — a code combining decimal numbers with letters from an author's surname, used in an alphabetizing system.
  • decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
  • decommunizing — Present participle of decommunize.
  • decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
  • demanufacture — A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
  • demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
  • demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
  • denouncements — Plural form of denouncement.
  • disencumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of disencumber.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • document case — a flat, portable case, often of leather, for carrying papers, documents etc.
  • documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
  • documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
  • documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
  • documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
  • documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
  • dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
  • e-recruitment — the practice of using Internet or electronic resources to recruit new employees, as by searching online résumé databases.
  • ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
  • encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
  • encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
  • eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
  • eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
  • excommunicate — Officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
  • film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
  • form function — (jargon)   The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
  • fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
  • frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
  • fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
  • function room — a room designated for official or formal social gatherings or ceremonies
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • funeral march — march played for funeral processions
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
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