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12-letter words containing m, e, r, u

  • interstitium — (medicine) An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.
  • intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
  • ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
  • jolly jumper — any light sail set above a skysail; flying kite.
  • journey time — the time taken to make a journey
  • journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
  • julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
  • jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
  • jumping hare — springhare.
  • jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
  • land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
  • latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
  • laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
  • laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
  • lecture room — conference hall
  • leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
  • leisure time — free time
  • lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
  • leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
  • leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
  • liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
  • lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
  • litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
  • lumber river — a river in S central North Carolina and NE South Carolina, flowing SE and S to the Little Pee Dee River. 125 miles (201 km) long.
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
  • luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
  • lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
  • luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
  • macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
  • macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
  • macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
  • magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
  • magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
  • major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
  • major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
  • majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
  • make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
  • makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
  • maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
  • mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
  • manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
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