13-letter words containing m, u, t, e
- bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
- bioaccumulate — (of substances, esp toxins) to build up within the tissues of organisms
- blame culture — the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc
- bottom-unique — In domain theory, a function f is bottom-unique if f x = bottom <=> x = bottom A bottom-unique function is also strict.
- bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bus mastering — bus master
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- cetane number — a measure of the quality of a diesel fuel expressed as the percentage of cetane in a mixture of cetane and 1-methylnapthalene of the same quality as the given fuel
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- circumagitate — (transitive) To agitate on all sides.
- circumambient — surrounding
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- circumventing — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- coconut cream — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- column vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written vertically.
- come a stumer — to crash financially
- come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
- come up short — disappoint
- commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- commented out — comment out
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- commutatively — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.