10-letter words containing m, u, n, d
- murder one — first-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
- muscadines — Plural form of muscadine.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonhead — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neverendum — A series of referendums on the same issue held in an attempt to achieve an unpopular result.
- nidamentum — an egg capsule, the material used to construct an egg receptacle or nest
- nondualism — The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena; that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.
- 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.
- panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
- 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
- premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
- quadrumane — a quadrumanous animal, as a monkey.
- 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.
- 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.
- seducement — an act of seducing
- seminudity — partial nudity; the state of being partly nude
- sir edmund — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- subduement — the act or process of subduing
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- tamil nadu — a large state in S India: formerly a presidency; boundaries readjusted on a linguistic basis 1956. 50,216 sq. mi. (130,058 sq. km). Capital: Chennai.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
- tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- un-made-up — not wearing make-up
- unacademic — not academic or at an academic level
- unadmiring — not admiring or esteeming
- unadmitted — having been denied entry
- unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- unanimated — not animated or lively; dull
- unarmoured — (of a ship) without armour