13-letter words containing mu
- demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal
- dijon mustard — a medium-hot mustard, originally made in Dijon.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
- edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- edmund gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
- excommunicate — Officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
- felony murder — a killing treated as a murder because, though unintended, it occurred during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as robbery.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- formula algol — An ALGOL extension for symbolic mathematics, strings and lists, developed by A.J. Perlis and R. Iturriaga at Carnegie for the CDC G-20 in 1962.
- formulaically — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fort mcmurray — a town in NE Alberta, in W Canada, on the Athabasca River.
- fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- gliding lemur — flying lemur.
- helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
- herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
- hugger-mugger — disorder or confusion; muddle.
- hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- hyperimmunize — to render highly immunized
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- immune system — a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and lymph tissue, stem cells, white blood cells, antibodies, and lymphokines.
- immunifacient — causing immunity
- immunisations — Plural form of immunisation.
- immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
- immunizations — Plural form of immunization.
- immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- immunogenesis — the production of an immune response
- immunological — (immunology) Of, or relating to immunology.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- immutableness — The state of being immutable; unchangeableness.
- incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
- indian mutiny — a revolt of the sepoy troops in British India (1857–59), resulting in the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interstimulus — being, or relating to, the interval between the occurrence of two stimuli in a psychological experiment
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- leg-of-mutton — having the triangular shape of a leg of mutton: leg-of-mutton sail; a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves.
- local maximum — maximum (def 4a).
- local minimum — minimum (def 5a).
- local-maximum — maximum (def 4a).
- macromutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.