8-letter words containing i, m, u
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- bdellium — any of several African or W Asian trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora that yield a gum resin
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- berimbau — a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
- biennium — a period of two years
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bimanual — using or requiring both hands
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- brumaire — the month of mist: the second month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21
- brunizem — a type of dark prairie soil
- buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- bullyism — the belief in systematic bullying
- bumbling — If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- buy time — gain time (sense 2) (at , time)
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- canticum — a canticle
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- cervicum — the flexible region between the prothorax and head in insects
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chillums — Plural form of chillum.
- chipmunk — A chipmunk is a small animal with a large furry tail and a striped back.
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chumming — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
- chumship — friendship
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- cingulum — a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum
- clubbism — the system of club membership
- clumpier — Comparative form of clumpy.
- clumping — a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- clumpish — clumpy
- clumsier — Comparative form of clumsy.
- clumsily — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columbic — niobic.
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- conarium — the pineal gland
- conidium — an asexual spore formed at the tip of a specialized hypha (conidiophore) in fungi such as Penicillium