11-letter words containing m, u
- auxochromic — any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
- avicularium — a protective zooid of a bryozoan colony, having movable jaws that can be snapped shut.
- azimuth bar — a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
- azimuthally — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-mutate — to undergo back mutation.
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bal musette — a dance hall in France in which the music is provided by an accordion band.
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- baume scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s–1)/s), where s is specific gravity
- be my guest — If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.
- beauty mark — A beauty mark is a small, dark spot on the skin that is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- black stump — a long way off
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
- blue helmet — a member of a United Nations military force, usually deployed on peacekeeping missions, and recognizable by a helmet or beret of a distinctive light blue colour
- blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
- blue murder — If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like.
- blue myrtle — blueblossom.
- blueblossom — a shrub, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, of the buckthorn family, abundant in the western U.S., having finely toothed oblong leaves and lilaclike clusters of blue flowers.
- body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- boeremusiek — a variety of light music associated with the culture of the Afrikaners
- bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
- bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
- boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
- boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
- borborygmus — rumbling of the stomach
- bosom buddy — close friend
- bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
- boulder dam — Hoover Dam
- boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)