13-letter words containing um
- monumentalism — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- monumentality — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- monumentalize — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
- mottled umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Erannis defoliaria, whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
- multiplatinum — Denoting or relating to a musical recording that has sold more than two million copies.
- mummification — to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
- mycobacterium — A bacterium of a group that includes the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis.
- non-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonleguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- novum organum — a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- odontoglossum — any epiphytic orchid of the genus Odontoglossum, of the mountainous regions from Bolivia to Mexico.
- opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
- organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
- out of humour — in a bad mood
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plum curculio — See under curculio.
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pneumonectomy — excision of part or all of a lung.
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- premium price — elevated cost paid for sth of top quality
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;