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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
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