12-letter words containing m, o, t, r, u
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lecture room — conference hall
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- 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
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- mark out for — to select for or note as selected for
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matriculator — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- microcircuit — Electronics. integrated circuit.
- microculture — subculture (def 3b).
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misconstruct — To construct wrongly.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mobius strip — a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moistureless — Devoid of moisture.
- moisturising — Present participle of moisturise.