8-letter words containing i, m, u
- mail hub — mail server
- mail out — If someone mails out things such as letters, leaflets, or bills, they send them to a large number of people at the same time.
- mail-out — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- mamurius — a smith who made 11 copies of the Ancile to prevent thieves from recognizing the original.
- manequin — Dated form of mannequin.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manuel i — called the Fortunate. 1469–1521, king of Portugal (1495–1521); his reign saw the discovery of Brazil and the beginning of Portuguese trade with India and the East
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- manumits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manumit.
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- manutius — Aldus [awl-duh s,, al-] /ˈɔl dəs,, ˈæl-/ (Show IPA), (Teobaldo Mannucci or Manuzio) 1450–1515, Italian printer and classical scholar.
- mao suit — an outfit worn in the People's Republic of China consisting of a Mao jacket and loose trousers.
- maquilas — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- maroquin — morocco leather
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- masurium — technetium
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- maulmain — Moulmein.
- maximums — Plural form of maximum.
- mcguffin — an object or event in a book or a film that serves as the impetus for the plot
- meconium — the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells.
- medusoid — a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- mellitum — mellite.
- meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- menuitis — /men"yoo-i:"tis/ A notional disease suffered by software with an obsessively simple-minded menu interface and no escape. Hackers find this intensely irritating and much prefer the flexibility of command-line or language-style interfaces, especially those customisable via macros or a special-purpose language in which one can encode useful hacks. See user-obsequious, drool-proof paper, WIMP, for the rest of us.
- merciful — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercouri — Melina (məˈliːnə). 1925–94, Greek actress and politician: her films include Never on Sunday (1960); minister of culture (1981–85 and 1993–94)
- mercuric — of or containing mercury, especially in the bivalent state.
- meringue — merengue.
- mesquite — a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas.
- meuniere — (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.
- miasmous — miasmal
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- microbus — minibus.
- microlux — a millionth of a lux
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- micrurgy — the manipulation and examination of single cells under a microscope