9-letter words containing m, a, n, u
- queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- ramanujan — Srinivasa [shree-ni-vah-suh,, sree-] /ˈʃri nɪˈvɑ sə,, ˈsri-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1920, Indian mathematician.
- rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
- roumanian — Romania.
- round-arm — denoting or using bowling with the arm held more or less horizontal
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
- ruminator — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rummaging — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
- slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- squadsman — a member of a squad or team.
- squaw man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stunt man — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- sung mass — a Mass in which parts of the proper and the ordinary are sung rather than recited; missa cantata.
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- thaumatin — a type of natural sweetener derived from an African flowering plant, Thaumatococcus daniellii
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- un-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- unadmired — to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- unalarmed — a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- unamassed — not amassed or gathered