11-letter words containing r, o, m, u, l
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- malt liquor — beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- microvillus — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- mill around — walk about
- mitropoulos — Dimitri [dih-mee-tree;; Greek th ee-mee-tree] /dɪˈmi tri;; Greek ðiˈmi tri/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, Greek symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularized — having been made modular or relating to the use of modular concepts or forms
- mole-hunter — a person who hunts for moles
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monstrously — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mucociliary — Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
- multiauthor — having numerous or many authors
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multichrome — chromium.
- multicolour — (chiefly, British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of multicolor.
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiplexor — multiplexing
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- multistorey — Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.