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9-letter words containing e, m, u

  • asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
  • assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
  • assumedly — in a presumed manner
  • athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
  • augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
  • augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
  • augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
  • augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
  • 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
  • autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
  • autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
  • autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
  • automaker — An automaker is a company that manufactures cars.
  • automated — An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.
  • automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
  • autometer — a small device inserted in a photocopier to enable the process of copying to begin and to record the number of copies made
  • automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
  • autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
  • beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
  • beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
  • beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
  • beclamour — to clamour excessively
  • beer pump — a pump for drawing beer directly from a keg or cask.
  • beglamour — to endow with glamour
  • bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
  • berkelium — a metallic transuranic element produced by bombardment of americium. Symbol: Bk; atomic no: 97; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Bk: 1400 years; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 14 (est)
  • bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
  • beryllium — a corrosion-resistant toxic silvery-white metallic element that occurs chiefly in beryl and is used mainly in X-ray windows and in the manufacture of alloys. Symbol: Be; atomic no: 4; atomic wt: 9.012; valency: 2; relative density: 1.848; melting pt: 1289°C; boiling pt: 2472°C
  • betumbled — thrown into disorder
  • bisellium — an ancient Roman seat of honor for two persons.
  • bismutite — a mineral, bismuth carbonate, resulting from the alteration of bismuth minerals: a minor source of bismuth.
  • blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
  • blue comb — a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.
  • blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
  • blue mold — any of various species of a fungus (genus Penicillium) that produce bluish masses of spores: some species yield penicillin and some are used to ripen certain cheeses
  • blue moon — If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
  • blue stem — a disease of raspberries and blackberries, characterized by blue discoloration of the stem, wilting, and discoloration and decay of the roots, caused by a fungus, Verticillium alboatrum.
  • bluemouth — a deep water fish, Helicolenus dactylopterus
  • bretylium — a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
  • brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
  • bubblegum — a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles through the lips.
  • bugger me — Some people say bugger me to emphasize that they are very surprised about something.
  • bulb mite — a widespread mite, Rhizaglophus eclinops, that tunnels in the bulbs of lilies and other plants
  • bum steer — false or misleading information or advice
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