11-letter words containing m, u, d, l
- multitiered — being or arranged in tiers or layers (usually used in combination): a two-tiered box of chocolates.
- multivalued — possessing several or many values.
- multiwindow — a visual display unit screen that can be divided to show a number of different documents simultaneously
- mumble mode — (jargon) The mode a program, piece of hardware, or other system is said to be in when it is still running and perhaps reacting to input and/or occasionally producing output (especially if it shouldn't), but in a way that appears wildly inappropriate to the task it is supposed to perform. Compare "off the trolley" and "deep space".
- mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- murderously — In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mutual fund — an investment company that issues shares continuously and is obligated to repurchase them from shareholders on demand.
- namaqualand — an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia (Great Namaqualand) the other in South Africa (Little Namaqualand) inhabited by the Nama.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- null method — a method of measurement using an electrical device, as a Wheatstone bridge, in which the quantity to be measured is balanced by an opposing known quantity that is varied until the resultant of the two is zero.
- numbskulled — (informal) stupid.
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- podophyllum — the dried rhizome of the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, from which podophyllin is derived.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- self-murder — suicide
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
- slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- sooty mould — a fungal plant disease characterized by a blackish growth covering the surface of leaves, fruits, etc
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- tidal datum — (in a hydrographic survey) a curved surface representing one phase of a tide, usually mean low water, taken as a datum level.
- tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- tollund man — the perfectly preserved remains of an Iron Age man, hanged and thrown into a bog at Tollund, in Jutland, Denmark: discovered in 1950.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- tumble down — collapse, fall
- tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- ultramodern — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- umbilicated — having an umbilicus
- unacclaimed — to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud: to acclaim the conquering heroes.
- unamendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- unashamedly — not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt: a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.
- unassembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.