13-letter words containing u, n, m
- anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
- anticommunism — the opposition to communism
- anticommunist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- antimarijuana — opposed to or acting against the use of marijuana
- antimutagenic — capable of reducing the frequency of mutation.
- antirheumatic — acting against rheumatism
- antiritualism — opposed to ritualism
- antismuggling — acting to prevent or reduce smuggling
- antisubmarine — (of weapons, missiles, etc) designed to combat or destroy submarines
- any number of — several or many
- aqua ammoniae — ammonia (def 2).
- argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- armamentarium — the items that comprise the material and equipment used by a physician in his professional practice
- as much again — twice as much
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autonomically — autonomous.
- autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
- back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
- badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- baryon number — the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
- beyond number — too numerous to be counted
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- binary number — a number expressed in binary notation, as 1101.101 = 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 + 1 × 2–1 + 0 × 2–2 + 1 × 2–3 = 13 5⁄8
- bird dismount — Hecht1 (def 1).
- blow moulding — a process for moulding single-piece plastic objects in which a thermoplastic is extruded into a split mould and blown against its sides
- boom-and-bust — characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- bottom-unique — In domain theory, a function f is bottom-unique if f x = bottom <=> x = bottom A bottom-unique function is also strict.
- bouncing bomb — a bomb used by the RAF in World War II, designed to bounce along water
- bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- bubble column — A bubble column is a reactor in which a gas bubbles up through a liquid or slurry.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically