11-letter words containing m, o, t, r, u
- 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.
- county farm — a farm maintained for the poor by a county.
- 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.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- 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
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- 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.
- drum out of — to expel from (the army) with drums beating
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- 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.
- endometrium — The mucous membrane lining the uterus, which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for possible implantation of an embryo.
- enumeration — The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- enumerators — Plural form of enumerator.
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- eudiometers — Plural form of eudiometer.
- eudiometric — Of or relating to eudiometry.
- fatty tumor — lipoma.
- favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorometer — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- fluorometry — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulators — Plural form of formulator.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- fourth form — the fourth year of study in a school