9-letter words containing a, m, u, s
- assumably — in a presumable manner
- assumedly — in a presumed manner
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autosomal — any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
- brushmark — the indented lines sometimes left by the bristles of a brush on a painted surface
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- caciquism — (esp in Spanish America) government by local political bosses
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- capsicums — Plural form of capsicum.
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- chiamussu — Jiamusi.
- clamorous — If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
- claustrum — a thin layer of grey matter in the brain
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- comitatus — a retinue of warriors serving a leader, esp in pre-Christian Germanic cultures, such as Anglo-Saxon England and Viking Age Scandinavia
- consumate — Misspelling of consummate.
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- cumulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cumulate.
- curialism — the doctrine and methods of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church
- cusimanse — A small mongoose, of genus Crossarchus, native to West Africa.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- damasquin — decorate metal
- damasus i — Saint, pope a.d. 366–384.
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.