12-letter words containing r, o, t, u, n
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lustrousness — the state or condition of being lustrous
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misconstruct — To construct wrongly.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moisturising — Present participle of moisturise.
- moisturizing — Present participle of moisturize.
- monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- motoneuronal — of or pertaining to a motoneuron
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- motor neuron — a nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.
- 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 robson — a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Height: 3954 m (12 972 ft)
- mount sorata — a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes: the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real, with two peaks, Ancohuma, 6550 m (21 490 ft), and Illampu, 6485 m (21 276 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.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.