8-letter words containing m, u, c
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chummage — (formerly) a fee paid by a prisoner for sole occupancy of a cell
- chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
- chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chumming — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
- chumship — friendship
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- cingulum — a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clubbism — the system of club membership
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- clubmoss — Alternative spelling of club moss.
- clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
- clumpier — Comparative form of clumpy.
- clumping — a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- clumpish — clumpy
- clumsier — Comparative form of clumsy.
- clumsily — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coagulum — any coagulated mass; clot; curd
- coassume — to assume jointly
- cocoplum — a tropical shrub, Chrysobalanus icaco
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columbic — niobic.
- columbus — a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- columned — Having columns.
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- commodus — Lucius Aelius Aurelius (ˈluːsɪəs ˈiːlɪəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs), son of Marcus Aurelius. 161–192 ad, Roman emperor (180–192), noted for his tyrannical reign
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- communed — Simple past tense and past participle of commune.
- communer — a person who participates in the Eucharist
- communes — Plural form of commune.
- commuted — to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
- commuter — a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- commutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commute.
- comnenus — an important Byzantine family from which the imperial dynasties of Constantinople (1057–59; 1081–1185) and Trebizond (1204–1461) derived
- compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
- compulse — to compel
- compunct — (obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
- computed — Calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).