12-letter words containing r, u, m, e, l, i
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- leisure time — free time
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- lumber river — a river in S central North Carolina and NE South Carolina, flowing SE and S to the Little Pee Dee River. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
- mare liberum — a body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
- marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- merveilleuse — marvellous
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microculture — subculture (def 3b).
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- miracle cure — a successful treatment for a disease that was thought impossible to cure
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mistrustless — having no distrust or misgiving