13-letter words containing m, u, n, y
- homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- hydronium ion — the hydrogen ion bonded to a molecule of water, H 3 O + , the form in which hydrogen ions are found in aqueous solution.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- hyperimmunize — to render highly immunized
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- immune system — a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and lymph tissue, stem cells, white blood cells, antibodies, and lymphokines.
- immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
- immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- 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.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- jerry sussman — Gerald Sussman
- judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.
- monetary unit — the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.
- money grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- money to burn — more money than one needs
- money-grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- moneygrubbing — Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monkey puzzle — a South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monopolylogue — a theatrical entertainment in which the same performer plays several parts or characters.
- monumentality — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mount olympus — mountain in Greece
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
- mountainously — In a mountainous way.