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14-letter words containing m, u, n, y

  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
  • olympus, mount — mountain in N Greece, between Thessaly & Macedonia: c. 9,580 ft (2,920 m): in Greek mythology, the home of the gods
  • on your mettle — If you are on your mettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
  • pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
  • put money into — to invest money in
  • pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
  • quantum system — a theoretical or actual system based on quantum physics, as a supercomputer.
  • quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
  • querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
  • quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • running myrtle — the periwinkle, Vinca minor.
  • runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
  • sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
  • simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
  • sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
  • southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
  • supplementally — supplementary.
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • the full monty — something in its entirety
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • thomas youngerThomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
  • tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography)   A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turnkey system — Computers. a computer system purchased from hardware and software vendors, customized and put in working order by a firm that then sells the completed system to the client that ordered it.
  • unacademically — in an unacademic manner
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
  • uncontemporary — outmoded
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
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