10-letter words containing m, o, u, n
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- macrofauna — any animals visible to the naked eye
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- making out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- mangetouts — Plural form of mangetout.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manu samoa — the international Rugby Union football team of Western Samoa
- manumation — (business, nonstandard) Applying technology to automate a business process that produces the same results as the manual process before automation.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- mefloquine — An antimalarial drug consisting of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- meiofaunas — Plural form of meiofauna.
- melon-bulb — a large, bulbous turning, sometimes with surface carving, found especially on the legs and posts of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- 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.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- metapontum — an ancient Greek city in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: home of Pythagoras in exile.
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- 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.
- miniconjou — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota Indians and originally inhabiting parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
- minicourse — a short, intensive course of study, usually a few weeks long.
- minor suit — diamonds or clubs.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- misbuttons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbutton.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.