11-letter words containing m, u, r, e, s
- crepusculum — Crepuscule; twilight; dusk.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crimebuster — (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- demetrius i — (Poliorcetes) 337?–283 b.c, king of Macedonia 294–286 (son of Antigonus I).
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- disemburden — to remove a burden from (someone or something)
- disencumber — to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- eco-tourism — Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
- ecoconsumer — A consumer who makes purchasing decisions partly or largely on the basis of ecological issues.
- emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
- embouchures — Plural form of embouchure.
- emulsifiers — Plural form of emulsifier.
- emunctories — Plural form of emunctory.
- encrustment — an outer layer of crust
- entrustment — The act of entrusting.
- enumerators — Plural form of enumerator.
- epigastrium — The part of the upper abdomen immediately over the stomach.
- eremacausis — A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or dead animals.
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
- eudiometers — Plural form of eudiometer.
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- europeanism — belief in or advocacy of political unification and economic integration among European nations
- fish manure — solid waste from fish, used as a fertilizer
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- flusterment — the state of being flustered
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).