10-letter words containing r, u, m, e, l
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- millefleur — having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork.
- millicurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie; 3.70 × 10 7 disintegrations per second. Abbreviation: mCi, mc.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularize — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mud turtle — any of several small, freshwater turtles of the family Kinosternidae, of North and South America, as the dark-brown Kinosternon subrubrum, of the U.S.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- muesli bar — a snack made of compressed muesli ingredients
- muhlenberg — Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750–1801, U.S. clergyman and statesman: first Speaker of the House 1789–91, 1793–95.
- mulberries — Plural form of mulberry.
- mule track — a track used by mules
- 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 This arrangement was eventually superseded by networked personal computers, perhaps sharing files on a file server.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
- multicurie — having a radioactivity of more than one curie
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- multilayer — multilayered.
- 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.
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiplier — a person or thing that multiplies.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- multirange — having several ranges
- multiverse — (in physics and cosmology) a hypothetical collection of identical or diverse universes, including our own.
- murderball — A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated (\"murdered\") by being struck with the ball.
- muscle car — a flashy sports car with a large, powerful engine; a hot rod.
- muslim era — the period since the flight of Muhammad from Mecca in a.d. 622; Hijra.
- myriologue — An extemporaneous funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend in modern Greece.
- neurilemma — the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.
- neurolemma — (neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- numberable — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numberless — innumerable; countless; myriad.
- numerology — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- numerously — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- permutable — to alter; change.
- petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
- pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- plumb rule — a device for determining perpendicularity, consisting of a narrow board with a plumb line and bob suspended from an upper edge.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.