9-letter words containing e, m, u
- bumblebee — A bumblebee is a large hairy bee.
- bumbledom — self-importance in a minor office
- bumfuzzle — to confuse
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- buzz term — buzzword.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calembour — a pun
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- 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.
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chalumeau — an early reed instrument, the precursor of the clarinet
- 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.
- checksums — Plural form of checksum.
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- churchmen — Plural form of churchman.
- circumfer — (obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- coenobium — a monastery or convent
- coliseums — Plural form of coliseum.
- collegium — (in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department
- colosseum — an amphitheatre in Rome built about 75–80 ad
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid
- columbine — any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
- columbite — a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: (Fe, Mn)(Nb)2O6
- columella — the central part of the spore-producing body of some fungi and mosses
- combretum — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Combretum, native mainly to tropical and subtropical Africa and producing attractive flowers
- combusted — Simple past tense and past participle of combust.
- come true — If a dream, wish, or prediction comes true, it actually happens.
- come upon — If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
- comfiture — (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.