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11-letter words containing m, u, d

  • bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
  • bosom buddy — close friend
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1.   (web)   Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2.   (programming)   Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
  • buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
  • bumpsadaisy — an exclamation said to a child who has fallen down
  • buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
  • cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
  • caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
  • chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
  • chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
  • circumcised — (of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
  • circumcized — Simple past tense and past participle of circumcize.
  • circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
  • clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
  • clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
  • coati-mundi — coati
  • code number — a number used to identify something
  • columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
  • combat duty — active service
  • come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
  • compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
  • compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
  • compounding — the addition of interest on interest already earned or charged
  • computerdom — the computer industry
  • condominium — A condominium is an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person who lives there.
  • conducement — the action or quality of conducing
  • consummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
  • copy module — copybook
  • corrigendum — an error to be corrected
  • cosmic dust — fine particles of solid matter occurring throughout interstellar space and often collecting into clouds of extremely low density
  • countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
  • countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
  • crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
  • cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
  • cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
  • curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
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