13-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- counterjumper — a clerk in a retail store.
- countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.
- countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
- countermining — Present participle of countermine.
- countermotion — an opposing motion
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- counterreform — a reform which opposes or acts against another reform
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
- cramer's rule — a method involving the determinant of the coefficients, for calculating a unique solution for a given system of linear equations.
- criminousness — the quality or state of being criminous
- croquembouche — a French dessert consisting of a cone-shaped mound of small cream puffs glazed with caramelized sugar
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- cubic measure — a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc
- cucumber root — Indian cucumber root.
- cucumber tree — any of several American trees or shrubs of the genus Magnolia, esp M. acuminata, of E and central North America, having cup-shaped greenish flowers and cucumber-shaped fruits
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cutter number — a code combining decimal numbers with letters from an author's surname, used in an alphabetizing system.
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
- dehumidifiers — Plural form of dehumidifier.
- demanufacture — A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
- demeritorious — a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
- demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
- demi-detourne — a turn in which the dancer on pointe or demi-pointe completes a half turn toward the back foot and lowers the heels, with the back foot finishing in front.
- demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- deuteromycete — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- deuteronomist — one of the writers of Deuteronomy
- deuterostomes — Plural form of deuterostome.
- deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
- deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- disburdenment — The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
- disbursements — Plural form of disbursement.
- disencumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of disencumber.
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.