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10-letter words containing m, u, d

  • notopodium — (zoology) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium.
  • nude mouse — a virtually hairless mutant laboratory-bred mouse having a major immune system deficiency caused by a lack of T cells, and able to accept grafts of foreign tissue.
  • null modem — (communications, hardware)   A cable, especially an EIA-232 cable, for connecting serial ports on two computers directly, rather than via modems. Since, according to the specification, both computers should transmit on pin three of their EIA-232 connectors and receive on pin two, a null modem cable needs to connect one computer's pin two to the other's pin three and vice versa. It also needs to have male connectors at both ends (again, according to the specification).
  • nummulated — relating to an expectorated combination of saliva and mucus in a circular, shallow form
  • numskulled — Alternative form of numbskulled.
  • nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
  • oedematous — (British spelling) Alternative form of edematous.
  • ommatidium — one of the radial elements composing a compound eye.
  • osmiridium — iridosmine.
  • outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
  • outmatched — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
  • outmodedly — In an outmoded manner.
  • outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
  • panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
  • parapodium — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
  • peenemunde — a village in NE Germany: German center for missile and rocket research and manufacture in World War II.
  • perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
  • peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
  • phyllodium — phyllode.
  • plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
  • presumedly — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
  • primordium — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
  • proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
  • pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
  • pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
  • pull media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
  • push media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
  • quadriform — having four parts or sides
  • quadrireme — (in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.
  • quadrivium — (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
  • quadrumane — a quadrumanous animal, as a monkey.
  • quadrumvir — a member of a quadrumvirate.
  • raduliform — rasp-like
  • re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
  • recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
  • red mullet — a goatfish or surmullet.
  • redocument — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
  • referendum — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
  • refundment — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
  • rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
  • round clam — quahog.
  • rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
  • scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
  • seducement — an act of seducing
  • semidouble — having more petals than those of a single flower but fewer than those of a double flower.
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