10-letter words containing m, u, t, s
- murtherous — (archaic) Intending, or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty or homicidal.
- muscovites — Plural form of muscovite.
- mush-mouth — a person who speaks indistinctly.
- musicality — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- musk plant — a perennial North American plant (Mimulus moschatus) of the figwort family, with yellow tubular flowers and, sometimes, a musky odor
- musketeers — Plural form of musketeer.
- mustachios — A long or elaborate mustache.
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- muster out — to discharge from military service
- mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
- mutinously — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- mutterings — Plural form of muttering.
- muttonfish — ocean pout.
- mutualised — Simple past tense and past participle of mutualise.
- mutualists — Plural form of mutualist.
- mutualness — The property of being mutual; mutuality.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mystagogue — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- myxomatous — a soft tumor composed of connective and mucoid tissue.
- n terminus — the amino end of a protein molecule.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- neumunster — a city in Schleswig-Holstein, in N central Germany.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numinosity — Quality of being numinous.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nummulites — Plural form of nummulite.
- nutriments — Plural form of nutriment.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octomerous — octamerous.
- oedematous — (British spelling) Alternative form of edematous.
- osmeterium — a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- out-scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
- periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- posthumous — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.