12-letter words containing n, o, r, e, m, u
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- monospermous — having one seed.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- motoneuronal — of or pertaining to a motoneuron
- motor neuron — a nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.
- moulin rouge — a dance hall in the Montmartre section of Paris, France, opened in 1889 and famous for its cancan dancers and the drawings of its performers and customers made there by Toulouse-Lautrec.
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mount elbert — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range. Height: 4399 m (14 431 ft)
- mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)
- mount vernon — the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mournfulness — The property of being mournful.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- neuroanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- neurohormone — any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered to an effector organ through blood circulation.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neutron bomb — a nuclear bomb designed to release radiation consisting mainly of neutrons, thus causing extensive loss of life but relatively little damage to buildings and property and only brief radioactive contamination.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- non-computer — a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers. Compare analog computer, digital computer.
- non-consumer — a person or thing that consumes.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.