12-letter words containing s, u, m, e, r, a
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- measure zero — the property of a set of points for which, given any small number, there exists a set of intervals such that each point of the given set is contained in at least one of the intervals and such that, essentially, the combined length of the intervals is less than the small number.
- measurements — The action of measuring something.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- 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.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- 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.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercury mass — blue mass (def 1).
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.
- mitrailleuse — a machine gun.
- mitre square — a tool with two blades that are at a fixed angle to one another, used to bevel a mitre joint
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- mouse arrest — (jargon) Getting busted for violating an on-line service's rule of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest."
- mouse trails — (operating system) A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- mousquetaire — musketeer.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- multiseriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.