11-letter words containing m, o, d, u, l
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- medullation — the formation of a medullary sheath about a nerve fiber.
- melodiously — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- middle loup — a river in central Nebraska, flowing E and SE to join the North Loup and South Loup rivers in forming the Loup River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- mill around — walk about
- misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularized — having been made modular or relating to the use of modular concepts or forms
- modulations — Plural form of modulation.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- moundsville — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- mud volcano — a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
- multi-nodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- multicoated — having more than one coating of a substance
- multidomain — of, relating to, or affecting several domains
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- multiwindow — a visual display unit screen that can be divided to show a number of different documents simultaneously
- mumble mode — (jargon) The mode a program, piece of hardware, or other system is said to be in when it is still running and perhaps reacting to input and/or occasionally producing output (especially if it shouldn't), but in a way that appears wildly inappropriate to the task it is supposed to perform. Compare "off the trolley" and "deep space".
- murderously — In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- null method — a method of measurement using an electrical device, as a Wheatstone bridge, in which the quantity to be measured is balanced by an opposing known quantity that is varied until the resultant of the two is zero.
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- podophyllum — the dried rhizome of the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, from which podophyllin is derived.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- sooty mould — a fungal plant disease characterized by a blackish growth covering the surface of leaves, fruits, etc
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- tollund man — the perfectly preserved remains of an Iron Age man, hanged and thrown into a bog at Tollund, in Jutland, Denmark: discovered in 1950.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- tumble down — collapse, fall
- tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- ultramodern — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- unblossomed — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- uncompelled — to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
- uncompleted — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- undomiciled — a place of residence; abode; house or home.