9-letter words containing m, u, d
- plummeted — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pummelled — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pumped up — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
- puzzledom — the domain of puzzles
- pycnidium — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
- quadruman — a monkey or ape with all four feet specialized for use as hands
- quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
- reddendum — a legal clause specifying what shall be given in return for the granting of a lease
- remarqued — pertaining to a piece of print art that contains a remarque or original drawing by the artist in the margin
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- rhipidium — a fan-shaped arrangement of flowers on a plant
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- round-arm — denoting or using bowling with the arm held more or less horizontal
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- roundworm — any nematode, especially Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals.
- ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- rum toddy — a drink made from rum, hot water, sugar, and usually lemon juice
- runnymede — a meadow on the S bank of the Thames, W of London, England: reputed site of the granting of the Magna Charta by King John, 1215.
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- semi-nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semicured — partly cured or preserved
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- siddhuism — any contrived metaphor or simile
- side drum — snare drum.
- sigismund — 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
- slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
- slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.
- snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- squadsman — a member of a squad or team.
- squiredom — the squirearchy.
- stomodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the oral region of a young embryo, which develops into the mouth and oral cavity.
- stud farm — place where horses are bred
- stud mare — a female horse kept for breeding