8-letter words containing a, m, u, d
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- hump day — Wednesday
- jumada i — the fifth month of the Muslim year
- katmandu — a city in and the capital of Nepal, in the central part.
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- laudanum — a tincture of opium.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- madurese — a member of a people native to the island of Madura and also inhabiting the northeastern coast of Java.
- malodour — Alternative spelling of malodor.
- mandamus — a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- marauded — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- marauder — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- marquand — J(ohn) P(hillips) 1893–1960, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- maudslay — Henry, 1771–1831, English mechanical engineer.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- measured — ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
- medullae — Irregular plural form of medulla.
- medullar — Medullary.
- modula-2 — (language) A high-level programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth at ETH in 1978. It is a derivative of Pascal with well-defined interfaces between modules, and facilities for parallel computation. Modula-2 was developed as the system language for the Lilith workstation. The central concept is the module which may be used to encapsulate a set of related subprograms and data structures, and restrict their visibility from other portions of the program. Each module has a definition part giving the interface, and an implementation part. The language provides limited single-processor concurrency (monitors, coroutines and explicit transfer of control) and hardware access (absolute addresses and interrupts). It uses name equivalence.
- modula-3 — L. Cardelli et al, DEC and Olivetti, 1988. A descendant of Modula-2+ and Cedar, designed for safety and simplicity. Objects, generics, threads, exceptions and garbage collection. Modules are explicitly safe or unsafe. As in Mesa, any set of variables can be monitored. No multiple inheritance, no operator overloading. Uses structural equivalence. "Modula-3 Report", Luca Cardelli et al, TR 52, DEC SRC, and Olivetti Research Center, Aug 1988 (revised Oct 1989). The changes are described in "System Programming with Modula-3", Greg Nelson ed, P-H 1991, ISBN 0-13-590464-1. "Modula-3", Sam Harbison, P-H 1992. Version: SRC Modula-3 V1.5. See also SRC Modula-3.
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- mud bath — skin treatment: soaking in mud
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- mud flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mud flat — the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.
- mud tank — A mud tank is a large treatment and storage tank for cleaned mud.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- mud-flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- mudbaths — Plural form of mudbath.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudflats — Plural form of mudflat.
- mudguard — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mudlarks — Plural form of mudlark.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- muhammad — ("the Conqueror") 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.
- mujtahid — a person who has been certified as capable of interpreting religious law.
- multiday — lasting for more than one day
- mundanes — Plural form of mundane.
- muqaddam — a leader or person of authority
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- muralled — decorated with a mural or murals
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc