10-letter words containing u, n, m, r, i
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- manumitter — An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- mapinguari — Alternative form of mapinguary.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marinus ii — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- martinique — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mauritania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- meitnerium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element. Symbol: Mt; atomic number: 109.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- michurinsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- micturient — Having a need to urinate.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- minehunter — a naval vessel that searches for mines by electronic means
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- minicourse — a short, intensive course of study, usually a few weeks long.
- minor suit — diamonds or clubs.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- missourian — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- misventure — an unfortunate undertaking; misadventure.
- moribundly — In a moribund way.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- motor unit — a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mourningly — In a mourning manner; grievingly.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.