9-letter words containing i, m, u
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chiamussu — Jiamusi.
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- churchism — adherence to the principles of an established church
- churnmilk — buttermilk
- circumfer — (obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
- circumfix — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coccidium — any parasitic protozoan of the order Coccidia
- coenobium — a monastery or convent
- colchicum — any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus
- coliseums — Plural form of coliseum.
- collegium — (in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department
- colluvium — a mixture of rock fragments from the bases of cliffs
- collyrium — any medicated preparation for the eyes; eyewash
- colourism — discrimination in which people are judged on the basis of their skin colour
- columbian — of or relating to the United States
- columbine — any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
- columbite — a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: (Fe, Mn)(Nb)2O6
- columbium — niobium
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- comatulid — any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming
- comfiture — (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
- comitatus — a retinue of warriors serving a leader, esp in pre-Christian Germanic cultures, such as Anglo-Saxon England and Viking Age Scandinavia
- comminute — to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- communing — to partake of the Eucharist.
- communion — Communion with nature or with a person is the feeling that you are sharing thoughts or feelings with them.
- communise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of communize.
- communism — advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- communize — to make (property) public; nationalize
- commuting — the activity of travelling some distance to work every day by car, bus, or train
- commutive — (linguistics) That which serves to commute.
- computing — Computing is the activity of using a computer and writing programs for it.
- computist — a person who computes
- consuming — A consuming passion or interest is more important to you than anything else.
- contagium — the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
- continuum — A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees.
- cormidium — a collection of polyps in a siphonophore
- costumier — A costumier is a person or company that makes or supplies costumes.
- costuming — a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- coulombic — relating to the discoveries of Charles Augustin de Coulomb