10-letter words containing u, n, m, i
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- autoimmune — Autoimmune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system.
- automaking — The manufacture of automobiles.
- automating — Present participle of automate.
- automation — the use of methods for controlling industrial processes automatically, esp by electronically controlled systems, often reducing manpower
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- autonomism — the belief in or a movement toward autonomy.
- autonomist — a person desiring or advocating autonomy
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bituminize — to treat with or convert into bitumen
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- bumsucking — obsequious behaviour; toadying
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- columnists — Plural form of columnist.
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.