12-letter words containing u, n, m
- 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)
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- eau minerale — mineral water (def 1).
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- eleemosynous — Describes a gift or donation made as an act of charity or almsgiving.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- encumberment — the act of being encumbered
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- engine mount — The engine mount is the part of the chassis on which an engine is supported.
- enormousness — Great size or magnitude.
- 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.
- exeunt omnes — they all go out: used as a stage direction
- extramundane — Outside or beyond the physical world.
- 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
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- 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.
- frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fuel element — a can containing nuclear fuel for use in a fission reactor
- fulfillments — Plural form of fulfillment.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.