11-letter words containing m, o, u, n
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pulmonology — the branch of medical science concerned with the lungs and respiratory system and their diseases
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quantum dot — (physics) (Or "single-electron transistor") A location capable of containing a single electrical charge; i.e., a single electron of Coulomb charge. Physically, quantum dots are nanometer-size semiconductor structures in which the presence or absence of a quantum electron can be used to store information. See also: quantum cell, quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quick money — money that you make easily or quickly
- quinonimine — a colorless, crystalline compound, C 6 H 5 NO, the parent of the indophenol dyes, derived from quinone.
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- quint minor — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rocky mount — a city in NE North Carolina.
- roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
- roman curia — the judicial and executive organizations of the papal see comprising the government of the Catholic Church.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
- rue anemone — a small, North American plant, Anemonella thalictroides, of the buttercup family, having white or pinkish flowers.
- rumgumption — good sense
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rumormonger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
- run-of-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- semiquinone — any of the class of free radicals formed as intermediates in the oxidation of a hydroquinone to a quinone.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- smoking gun — indisputable proof or evidence of a crime.
- smoothhound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- snuff-movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- sojournment — the state of sojourning
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility