14-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- ultraminiature — subminiature.
- umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- undermentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- unintermitting — (of an activity) having no temporary breaks, intervals, or suspension of action
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- unmanufactured — (of a product, commodity, etc) not manufactured
- unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmaterialized — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unremorsefully — in an unremorseful or impenitent manner
- unremunerative — not rewarding or paying for work or service, etc
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- untransmutable — intransmutable
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- uranium series — the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.