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8-letter words containing i, m, u

  • fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
  • fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
  • fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
  • fumingly — In a rage.
  • fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
  • fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
  • fusarium — any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.
  • fusiform — spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
  • futurism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of the fine arts developed originally by a group of Italian artists about 1910 in which forms derived chiefly from cubism were used to represent rapid movement and dynamic motion.
  • gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
  • gaullism — a political movement in France led by Charles de Gaulle.
  • geminous — found in pairs
  • geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
  • giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.
  • glucinum — (formerly) beryllium. Symbol: Gl.
  • glumpily — in a glumpy manner
  • glumpish — glum
  • gluonium — glueball.
  • glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
  • gonidium — (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
  • graphium — a writing stylus
  • groupism — the tendency to conform to the general thinking and behavior of a group.
  • gruiform — of or relating to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots.
  • grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
  • grumpier — Comparative form of grumpy.
  • grumpily — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
  • grumping — Present participle of grump.
  • grumpish — Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy.
  • grumpity — Nonce variation of the word grump, usually used as an intensifier.
  • guaiacum — any of several tropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Guaiacum of the caltrop family; lignum vitae.
  • guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
  • gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
  • gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
  • gummosis — The copious production and exudation of gum by a diseased or damaged tree, especially as a symptom of a disease of fruit trees.
  • gumphion — a funeral banner
  • gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
  • gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
  • gurmukhi — the script used for writing the Punjabi language
  • guttatim — (in prescriptions) drop by drop.
  • gym suit — any outfit prescribed for wear while participating in gymnastics or sports.
  • gynecium — gynoecium.
  • halloumi — a salty cheese originating in Cyprus and made from sheep’s or goat’s milk: often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly.
  • halutzim — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
  • helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
  • helium i — colorless liquid helium existing below its boiling point of 4.2 K and above the lambda point of 2.186 K.
  • hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
  • hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
  • hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
  • humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
  • humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
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