12-letter words containing t, u, m, e
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- euroterminal — a railway terminus from which trans-European trains operate
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- exeunt omnes — they all go out: used as a stage direction
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- extramundane — Outside or beyond the physical world.
- extramurally — In an extramural manner.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- feature film — full-length movie
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- flutter mill — a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fruit farmer — somebody who farms or grows fruit
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fuel element — a can containing nuclear fuel for use in a fission reactor
- fulfillments — Plural form of fulfillment.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- get the hump — If someone gets the hump, they get very annoyed about something.
- get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- home country — the country a person comes from