12-letter words containing u, n, m, i
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diffusionism — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discommunity — a lack of community
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disguisement — Disguise (deceptive appearance).
- dockominiums — Plural form of dockominium.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- eau minerale — mineral water (def 1).
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- engine mount — The engine mount is the part of the chassis on which an engine is supported.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- equinumerous — having the same number of members
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- 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.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.