8-letter words containing m, e, r, u
- enarmour — To clothe with protective coverings.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- enormous — very big
- eremurus — a type of herb from the Liliaceae family
- erumpent — Bursting forth or through a surface.
- eryngium — (botany) Any of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
- eumerism — a biologic collection of similar parts
- euromart — European Economic Community
- europium — The chemical element of atomic number 63, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Europium oxide is used with yttrium oxide as a red phosphor in color television screens.
- eurythmy — The harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- extremum — The maximum or minimum value of a function.
- f-number — a number corresponding to the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a lens system, especially a camera lens. In f /1.4, 1.4 is the f-number and signifies that the focal length of the lens is 1.4 times as great as the diameter. /, f/, f, f: Abbreviation: f.
- flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
- formulae — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
- foursome — a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet: to make up a foursome for bridge.
- frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- freemium — a sales strategy, especially on the Internet, in which the basic product or service is free, but customers are charged for additional features and content.
- fremitus — palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- frenulum — Anatomy, Zoology. a small frenum.
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- fumarate — the salt of fumaric acid, a key chemical intermediate in the Krebs cycle.
- fumarole — a hole in or near a volcano, from which vapor rises.
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- furmenty — frumenty
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- grey gum — any of various eucalyptus trees of New South Wales having dull grey bark, esp Eucalyptus punctata
- gruesome — causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.
- grumness — the quality of being grum
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- grumpier — Comparative form of grumpy.
- guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- gum tree — any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum.
- gumtrees — Plural form of gumtree.
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- 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.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- humoured — Simple past tense and past participle of humour.
- humphrey — (Duke of Gloucester) 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- immature — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- imperium — command; supreme power.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.