10-letter words containing r, i, t, u
- modularity — the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.
- moisturise — to add or restore moisture to (something): to moisturize one's skin with lotion; to moisturize air.
- moisturize — to add or restore moisture to (something): to moisturize one's skin with lotion; to moisturize air.
- moratorium — a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- mortuaries — Plural form of mortuary.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- motor unit — a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
- moudiewart — a mole
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- muliebrity — womanly nature or qualities.
- multi-role — a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- multi-user — (operating system) A term describing an operating system or application program that can be used by several people concurrently; opposite of single-user. Unix is an example of a multi-user operating system, whereas most (but not all) versions of Microsoft Windows are intended to support only one user at a time. A multi-user system, by definition, supports concurrent processing of multiple tasks (once known as "time-sharing") or true parallel processing if it has multiple CPUs. While batch processing systems often ran jobs for serveral users concurrently, the term "multi-user" typically implies interactive access. Before Ethernet networks were commonplace, multi-user systems were accessed from a terminal (e.g. a vt100) connected via a serial line (typically RS-232). This arrangement was eventually superseded by networked personal computers, perhaps sharing files on a file server. With the wide-spread availability of Internet connections, the idea of sharing centralised resources is becoming trendy again with cloud computing and managed applications, though this time it is the overhead of administering the system that is being shared rather than the cost of the hardware. In gaming, both on PCs and games consoles, the equivalent term is multi-player, though the first multi-player games (e.g. ADVENT) were on multi-user computers.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multiarmed — having multiple arms
- multicolor — of many colors; multicolored.
- multicurie — having a radioactivity of more than one curie
- multiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by many single, relatively small flowers, as certain kinds of petunias or roses.
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multigroup — having or involving several groups
- multilayer — multilayered.
- multilobar — of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- multimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein that has multiple polypeptide chains.
- multimeter — a device consisting of one or more meters, as an ammeter and voltmeter, used to measure two or more electrical quantities in an electric circuit, as voltage, resistance, and current.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiparty — of or relating to more than two political parties.
- multiplier — a person or thing that multiplies.
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- multiproxy — Involving multiple proxies.
- multirange — having several ranges
- multisport — designed or used for a variety of sports.
- multistory — (of a building) having several or many stories.
- multitrack — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- multiverse — (in physics and cosmology) a hypothetical collection of identical or diverse universes, including our own.
- murthering — Present participle of murther.
- mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
- mutterings — Plural form of muttering.
- muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- myometrium — The smooth muscle tissue of the uterus.
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- 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.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- 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.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naturality — The condition of being natural; nature, naturalness.