11-letter words containing t, u, m, o
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autonomical — autonomous.
- autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
- autosomally — in the manner of an autosome
- autotoxemia — autointoxication
- auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
- bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- bumbershoot — an umbrella
- bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- bust a move — go, leave
- buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
- cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- coat armour — a coat of arms
- coati-mundi — coati
- collutorium — collutory.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- combat duty — active service
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- combustibly — In a combustible manner.
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- combustious — turbulent
- come out in — If you come out in spots, you become covered with them.
- come out of — costs: be subtracted
- comma fault — the use of a comma, rather than a semicolon, colon, or period, to separate related main clauses in the absence of a coordinating conjunction: often considered to be incorrect or undesirable, especially in formal writing.
- comment out — (programming) To surround a section of code with comment delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment marker. This prevents it from being compiled or interpreted. It is often done to temporarily disable the code, e.g. during debugging or when the code is redundant or obsolete, but is being left in the source to make the intent of the active code clearer. The word "comment" is sometimes replaced with whatever syntax is used to mark comments in the language in question, e.g. "hash out" (shell script, Perl), "REM out" (BASIC), etc. Compare condition out.
- comminuting — Present participle of comminute.
- comminution — The action of reducing a material, an ore, to minute particles or fragments.
- communalist — An advocate of communalism.
- communality — the state or condition of being communal.
- communicant — A communicant is a person in the Christian church who receives communion.
- communicate — to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- communistic — of, characteristic of, or relating to communism
- communities — Plural form of community.
- communitive — Relating to community.
- commutating — Present participle of commutate.
- commutation — a substitution or exchange
- commutative — relating to or involving substitution