9-letter words containing a, r, u, m
- 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
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- automaker — An automaker is a company that manufactures cars.
- autometer — a small device inserted in a photocopier to enable the process of copying to begin and to record the number of copies made
- autotimer — a device for turning a system on and off automatically at times predetermined by advance setting
- auxometer — an instrument measuring the magnifying power of lenses
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- barathrum — any deep abyss
- 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)
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- 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
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bujumbura — the capital of Burundi, a port at the NE end of Lake Tanganyika. Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- 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
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- churchman — A churchman is the same as a clergyman.
- clamorous — If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- claustrum — a thin layer of grey matter in the brain
- co durham — County Durham
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- colourman — a person who deals in paints
- columbary — a dovecote
- communard — a member of a commune
- coumarone — a colorless liquid, C8H6O, derived from coal tar and combined with indene to produce synthetic resins used in paints, adhesives, etc.