7-letter words containing i, m, u
- crissum — the area or feathers surrounding the cloaca of a bird
- crummie — a cow, espy one with crooked or crumpled horns
- culming — a stem or stalk, especially the jointed and usually hollow stem of grasses.
- cultism — The system or practice of a cult.
- cumarin — a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- cumbias — Plural form of cumbia.
- cumbria — (since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)
- cumming — Present participle of cum.
- daimoku — (in Nichiren Buddhism) the words nam myoho renge kyo ('devotion to the Lotus Sutra') chanted to the Gohonzon
- daumier — Honoré (ɔnɔre). 1808–79, French painter and lithographer, noted particularly for his political and social caricatures
- decimus — (in prescriptions) tenth.
- dedimus — a legal document or decree authorizing a person who is not a judge to act instead of a judge
- dictums — Plural form of dictum.
- dim sum — small dumplings, usually steamed or fried and filled with meat, seafood, vegetables, condiments, etc.
- dim-out — a reduction or concealment of night lighting in wartime to make the source less visible to an enemy from the air or sea.
- dimbulb — a stupid person; dimwit.
- dominus — the Lord be with you.
- drumkit — Alternative spelling of drum kit.
- drumlin — a long, narrow or oval, smoothly rounded hill of unstratified glacial drift.
- dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- dubnium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Db; atomic number: 105.
- dumaist — a person who belongs to a duma or Russian council
- dumbing — Present participle of dumb.
- dumezil — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1986, French philologist and historian.
- dummied — Simple past tense and past participle of dummy.
- dummies — Plural form of dummy.
- dumpbin — a free-standing unit in a bookshop in which the books of a particular publisher are displayed
- dumpier — Comparative form of dumpy.
- dumping — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dumpish — depressed; sad.
- duumvir — one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function.
- elogium — A eulogy.
- eluvium — Residual deposits of soil, dust and rock particles produced by the action of the wind.
- elysium — Greek mythology; also Elysian Fields
- emu oil — an oil obtained from the fat of the emu, traditionally used as an emollient by native Australians to relieve pain and speed the healing process
- emulsin — a substance found in almonds
- erodium — (botany) Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
- exuvium — something that is cast off, such as the exoskeleton of an animal
- fauvism — (sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
- fermium — a transuranic element. Symbol: Fm; atomic number: 100.
- firm up — person, muscles: get in shape
- fluming — a deep narrow defile containing a mountain stream or torrent.
- fulmine — fulminate
- fumaria — Plural form of fumarium.
- fumaric — of or derived from fumaric acid.
- fumming — Present participle of fum.
- furmint — a variety of grape from which Tokay is made.
- furmity — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- gallium — a rare, steel-gray, trivalent metallic element used in high-temperature thermometers because of its high boiling point (1983°C) and low melting point (30°C). Symbol: Ga; atomic weight: 69.72; atomic number: 31; specific gravity: 5.91 at 20°C.
- gourami — a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.