15-letter words containing m, u, n, d
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- torsion modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- un-supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- unearned income — income received from property, as interest, dividends, or the like.
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
- unintermittedly — in an unintermitted manner
- unmelodiousness — an unmelodious quality or character
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- uralian emerald — demantoid: not a true emerald.
- uranium dioxide — a black, crystalline compound, UO 2 , insoluble in water, used in nuclear fuel rods, in ceramics, and pigments.
- usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- well-documented — 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.
- wind instrument — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
- women's studies — a program of studies concentrating on the role of women in history, learning, and culture.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- young's modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between a stress that acts to change the length of a body and the fractional change in length caused by this force.
- zirconium oxide — Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO 2 , used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.