12-letter words containing m, u, r, a, i
- multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
- multiseriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- multitubular — Having many tubes.
- multivariant — Characterised by multiple variables.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
- murder trial — the trial of a person who is accused of murder
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered