12-letter words containing mu
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- munitionette — a female munitions-factory worker, esp during the First World War
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
- murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
- murder trial — the trial of a person who is accused of murder
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- murrumbidgee — a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- muscle sense — a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- muscovy duck — a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- museum piece — something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- music critic — a journalist who writes critiques of concerts
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- musicologist — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
- mutationally — In a mutational manner.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- mutinousness — The state or condition of being mutinous.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- non possumus — a statement that something cannot be done: The Pope would not accept a non possumus from the king.
- non-communal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- noncommunist — not following, belonging to, or associated with the Communist Party or Communism.
- noncommunity — not part of, related to, or owned by a community