13-letter words containing m, u, r, e, s
- multistranded — having several strands
- murderousness — The state or condition of being murderous.
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- murmurousness — Quality of being murmurous.
- music theatre — a modern musical-dramatic work that is performed on a smaller scale than, and without the conventions of, traditional opera
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mussel shrimp — any of numerous tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a shrimplike body enclosed in a hinged bivalve shell.
- musselcracker — a large variety of sea bream, Sparodon durbanensis, that feeds on shellfish and is a popular food and game fish
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neurohormones — Plural form of neurohormone.
- neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- nursery rhyme — a short, simple poem or song for very young children, as Hickory Dickory Dock.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations