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13-letter words containing m, u, d

  • hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
  • ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
  • incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
  • indian mutiny — a revolt of the sepoy troops in British India (1857–59), resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown.
  • indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
  • indirect jump — (programming)   A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
  • individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
  • introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
  • jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • jean de meung — real name Jean Clopinel. ?1250–?1305, French poet, who continued Guillaume de Lorris' Roman de la Rose. His portion of the poem consists of some 18 000 lines and contains satirical attacks on women and the Church
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • judgment debt — Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court of law.
  • judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • kettledrummer — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
  • lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • laundry-woman — laundress.
  • lithium oxide — a white powder, Li 2 O, with strong alkaline properties: used in ceramics and glass.
  • lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
  • macadamia nut — edible seed
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
  • managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
  • mandarin duck — a crested Asian duck, Aix galericulata, having variegated purple, green, chestnut, and white plumage.
  • mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
  • many-coloured — having many colours
  • mass murderer — A mass murderer is someone who deliberately kills a large number of people illegally.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • mcmurdo sound — an inlet of Ross Sea, in Antarctica, N of Victoria Land.
  • meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
  • meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
  • mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
  • mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • media studies — educational subjects or courses relating to the mass media
  • medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
  • medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
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