10-letter words containing m, o, n, d, u
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- edmundston — a city in NW New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the upper part of the St. John River.
- emulsioned — Painted with emulsion paint.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- endomysium — A layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers.
- eudaemonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudaemonic — Conducive to happiness.
- eudaimonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudemonics — the art or theory of happiness
- eudemonism — Alternative form of eudaemonism.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- found poem — a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- groundsmen — Plural form of groundsman.
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- haut monde — high society.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- humdudgeon — an imaginary illness
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
- impounding — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- lemon curd — lemon paste made with eggs and sugar
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- memorandum — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- mind (you) — You use mind you to emphasize a piece of information that you are adding, especially when the new information explains what you have said or contrasts with it. Some people use mind in a similar way.
- mind mouse — (hardware) A pointing device (unlike a mouse in design, but serving the same purpose) which works via sensors in contact with the user's skin. The sensors are built into a plastic base which fits on one finger and which is similar in shape to a finger cast. The principle of operation is presumably myoelectric, not psionic, contrary to what the name implies. As of the time of writing (1996), mind mice are not accurate enough to be anything but novelties.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- modulating — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- modulation — the act of modulating.
- molybdenum — a silver-white metallic element, used as an alloy with iron in making hard, high-speed cutting tools. Symbol: Mo; atomic weight: 95.94; atomic number: 42; specific gravity: 10.2.
- monandrous — of, relating to, or characterized by monandry.
- money fund — a money-market fund.
- monodomous — living as a community in a single nest, as certain ant colonies.
- monohulled — (nautical) Having a single hull.