8-letter words containing m, e, r, u
- resummon — to summon again
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- rumbelow — a nonsense word used in the refrain of certain sea shanties
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rummager — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- rumoured — If something is rumoured to be the case, people are suggesting that it is the case, but they do not know for certain.
- rumourer — a person who is given to spreading rumours
- rumsfeld — Donald, born 1932, U.S. secretary of defense 1975–77, 2001–06.
- run time — 1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer. 2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see time-sharing). 3. The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to compile-time or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective. 4. run-time support.
- rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- slumbery — slumberous.
- smoulder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- smuggery — the condition or an instance of being smug; smugness
- smuggler — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- squirmed — to wriggle or writhe.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- strummed — to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
- strummel — straw
- strummer — to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
- strumose — having a struma or strumae.
- strumpet — a prostitute; harlot.
- submerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- submerse — to submerge.
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- summerly — summerlike; summery.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- supermac — A general-purpose macro language, embeddable in existing languages as a run-time library.
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supermax — having or relating to the very highest levels of security
- supermom — a mother who successfully manages a household and cares for her children while holding a job or being active in her community.
- supremum — least upper bound.
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surmises — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- surnames — the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- tarentum — ancient name of Taranto.
- tautomer — a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- temerous — audacious
- temirtau — a city in E central Kazakhstan, NW of Karaganda.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.