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9-letter words containing e, m, u, n

  • recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
  • reddendum — a legal clause specifying what shall be given in return for the granting of a lease
  • remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
  • responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
  • rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
  • ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
  • rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
  • rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
  • rumminess — the state or condition of being rummy
  • rumrunner — a person or ship engaged in smuggling liquor.
  • runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
  • runnymede — a meadow on the S bank of the Thames, W of London, England: reputed site of the granting of the Magna Charta by King John, 1215.
  • ruthenium — a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals. Symbol: Ru; atomic weight: 101.07; atomic number: 44; specific gravity: 12.2 at 20°C.
  • sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
  • samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
  • sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
  • semi-nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
  • semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
  • semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
  • semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
  • semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
  • sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
  • sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
  • spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
  • steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
  • stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
  • submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • submental — situated beneath the chin
  • submentum — the base of an insect's lip
  • subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
  • summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
  • summonsed — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
  • summonses — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
  • sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
  • sunn-hemp — a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
  • supermind — an exceptional mind
  • supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
  • tegmentum — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants
  • temulence — drunkenness
  • tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
  • tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
  • teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
  • timenoguy — a taut rope on a ship used to prevent the tangling of lines and riggings
  • tormentum — an ancient Roman catapult- like war weapon
  • transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
  • transmute — change into another form
  • tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
  • tridentum — ancient name of Trent, Italy.
  • triennium — a period of three years.
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