11-letter words containing m, e, r, u, t
- consumerist — Consumerist economies are ones which encourage people to consume a lot of goods.
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- coulometric — (physics, chemistry) of, or relating to coulometry.
- 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
- countermemo — a memorandum responding to another memorandum
- countermine — a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by an enemy
- countermove — A countermove is an action that someone takes in response to an action by another person or group.
- countermure — a wall positioned behind, or before, another wall and hence providing extra defence
- countermyth — a myth that conflicts with another myth
- counterterm — Antithesis.
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- courtierism — the characteristic practices or qualities of a courtier
- covermounts — Plural form of covermount.
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crimebuster — (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- crunch time — the critical moment
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- demetrius i — (Poliorcetes) 337?–283 b.c, king of Macedonia 294–286 (son of Antigonus I).
- demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- 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
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- 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.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- ear trumpet — a trumpet-shaped device held to the ear for collecting and intensifying sounds and once commonly used as an aid to hearing.
- eco-tourism — Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
- emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
- emunctories — Plural form of emunctory.
- encrustment — an outer layer of crust
- endometrium — The mucous membrane lining the uterus, which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for possible implantation of an embryo.