10-letter words containing r, u, m, i, n
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multirange — having several ranges
- murmurings — Plural form of murmuring.
- murthering — Present participle of murther.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neurilemma — the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neuroimage — (transitive) To produce an image of the structure or function of part of the brain.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutronium — (physics) the supposed material composed entirely of neutrons that composes a neutron star.
- nonuniform — Not uniform, regular, or constant; varying.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- numerating — Present participle of numerate.
- numeration — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- numerative — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- nutriments — Plural form of nutriment.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- omniferous — producing or consisting of all kinds of things
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- omnivorous — eating both animal and plant foods.
- outmigrant — A person who has migrated from one place to another, especially within a country.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- principium — a principle.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
- rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.