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13-letter words containing r, e, p, u, m

  • host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
  • hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
  • hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • hyperimmunize — to render highly immunized
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
  • immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
  • imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
  • imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • importunities — Plural form of importunity.
  • imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
  • indirect jump — (programming)   A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
  • jeune premier — the male juvenile lead in a play or movie.
  • jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
  • komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
  • lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
  • lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • mass spectrum — a spectrum of charged particles, arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.
  • measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
  • measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • medium-priced — having a price that is neither too high or too low
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
  • methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microcomputer — a compact computer, with less capacity and capability than a minicomputer, consisting of a microprocessor and other components.
  • micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
  • minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
  • mispronounced — Said wrongly.
  • mispronounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispronounce.
  • moebius strip — Möbius strip
  • moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
  • moto perpetuo — a fast instrumental passage made up of notes of equal length
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • mulier puisne — the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate.
  • multiemployer — Of or pertaining to more than one employer.
  • multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
  • multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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