12-letter words containing u, n, m
- noncommunity — not part of, related to, or owned by a community
- nonconsuming — not consuming a resource, product, or service
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
- nonunanimous — not unanimous
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- not much cop — If you say that something is not much cop, you mean that it is not very good, and is disappointing.
- not-a-number — (mathematics) (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
- nothing much — not a lot
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- numerousness — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numinousness — The state or quality of being numinous.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- numismatists — Plural form of numismatist.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- nutmeg melon — netted melon.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.