10-letter words containing a, m, u, n
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- bump along — advance unevenly
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- bustamante — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
- button man — soldier (sense 2) soldier (sense 2b)
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clemenceau — Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- comeupance — Alternative form of comeuppance.
- communally — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- communital — a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- cosmonauts — Plural form of cosmonaut.
- councilman — A councilman is a man who is a member of a local council.
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumulating — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.