11-letter words containing u, r, c
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lumpsuckers — Plural form of lumpsucker.
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- macromutant — undergoing macromutation.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- manicurists — Plural form of manicurist.
- manufactory — a factory.
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- marie curie — Irène [French ee-ren] /French iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Joliot-Curie, Irène.
- matriculant — a person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation.
- matriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- mercury arc — a bluish-green electric arc that has passed through a mercury-vapor cathode.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- metaculture — All the universal concepts that are present in all cultures.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.