13-letter words containing r, u, m, y
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
- hydronium ion — the hydrogen ion bonded to a molecule of water, H 3 O + , the form in which hydrogen ions are found in aqueous solution.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- hyperimmunize — to render highly immunized
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- jerry sussman — Gerald Sussman
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- marble quarry — a quarry where marble is extracted
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- matriculatory — relating to matriculation
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- methylmercury — any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds, Hg(CH 3) 2 , formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms and capable of entering the food chain: used as seed disinfectants.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
- missouri city — a city in SE Texas.
- mistrustfully — In a mistrustful manner.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- monetary unit — the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.