12-letter words containing o, m, d, u
- modus ponens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and it's Tuesday so this must be Belgium
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monks' mound — the largest of the Cahokia Mounds.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- motion study — time and motion study.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- 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.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- muscovy duck — a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- mycocecidium — a gall caused by a parasitic fungus.
- mycodomatium — an abnormal growth on a plant, caused by fungi
- myxedematous — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- nom de plume — pen name.
- nonautomated — not automated or operated by machines
- oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- on your mind — If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.
- open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
- opendocument — (file format, standard) (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.