14-letter words containing u, m, i
- omnivorousness — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on firm ground — in a safe situation
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onium compound — type of chemical salt
- open communion — a communion service in which members of all denominations can participate.
- opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
- oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- orthomyxovirus — Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- partial vacuum — an enclosed space from which part of the air or another gas has been removed.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- platinum metal — any of the group of precious metallic elements consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
- pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
- pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumoconiosis — any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
- pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
- postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
- potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- pour le merite — for merit.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.