12-letter words containing m, c, u, l
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- country mile — a long way
- creme brulee — a cream or custard dessert covered with caramelized sugar
- crumble away — disintegrate
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumulatively — increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- custom-built — If something is custom-built, it is built according to someone's special requirements.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cyclostomous — of or relating to a cyclostome
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- immaculately — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else