8-letter words containing i, m, u
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- humidify — to make humid.
- humidity — humid condition; moistness; dampness.
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- humified — transformed into humus.
- humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- humiture — a measure of the discomfort most people feel because of the combined effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity; variously defined as Fahrenheit temperature plus some function of vapor pressure.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorism — (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- humphing — Present participle of humph.
- hymenium — the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.
- illicium — (ichthyology) The modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure.
- illinium — promethium. Symbol: Il.
- illumine — Light up ; brighten.
- illuvium — the material accumulated through illuviation.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- immanuel — the name of the Messiah as prophesied by Isaiah, often represented in Christian exegesis as being Jesus Christ. Isa. 7:14.
- immature — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- imminute — reduced
- immunise — to make immune.
- immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- immunize — to make immune.
- immuring — Present participle of immure.
- imperium — command; supreme power.
- implunge — to submerge
- imporous — having no pores, having a compact texture, solid
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- impounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound.
- impudent — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- impugned — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- impugner — One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
- impulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of impulse.
- impulses — Plural form of impulse.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- impunity — exemption from punishment.
- impurely — In an impure manner.
- impurify — To make impure.
- impurity — the quality or state of being impure.
- impurple — Alternative form of empurple.
- imputing — Present participle of impute.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- incumber — encumber.