14-letter words containing m, o, u, n
- drop-down menu — pull-down menu
- drummond light — calcium light.
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).
- dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
- foramen magnum — the large opening in the base of the skull forming the passage from the cranial cavity to the spinal canal.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
- gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
- gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck