12-letter words containing m, o, n, d, u
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- in our midst — among us
- incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- 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.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- maundy money — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modus ponens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and it's Tuesday so this must be Belgium
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monks' mound — the largest of the Cahokia Mounds.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- motion study — time and motion study.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.