8-letter words containing m, u, l, i
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- muscling — Present participle of muscle.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicals — Plural form of musical.
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- muslined — draped or covered with muslin
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- mustelid — any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- mutazila — a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- muzzling — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- mycelium — the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus.
- nebulium — a hypothetical element once thought to be present in emission nebulae because of certain unidentified spectral lines, now known to be forbidden transitions of oxygen and nitrogen ions.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- oil drum — a metal drum used to contain or transport oil
- oil pump — An oil pump is a pump that sends lubricating oil under pressure to the bearings and other lubricated surfaces of an engine.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- outclimb — to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than: As a child, I could outclimb any kid on the block.
- outsmile — to outdo in smiling or overcome by smiling
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- paludism — malaria.
- peculium — property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own
- philtrum — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- pilumnus — one of two ancient gods of fertility.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- plumb in — When someone plumbs in a device such as a washing machine, toilet, or bath, they connect it to the water and waste pipes in a building.
- plumbing — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumbism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumiped — a bird with feathered feet
- plumpish — somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.
- polonium — a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- pug mill — a mill for grinding and mixing materials, as clay or the ingredients of cement, to a desired condition.
- pugilism — the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing.
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- pulpitum — (in many cathedrals and large churches) a stone screen which divides the nave and the choir, often supporting a gallery or loft
- pulpmill — a mill making pulp for paper
- pumplike — resembling a pump
- qualming — the state of having a qualm
- qualmish — tending to have, or having, qualms.
- quillman — (archaic) One who writes with a quill.
- quilombo — (historical, in Brazil) A remote, inland settlement originally settled by fugitive slaves (or others).
- reillume — to relight or to light up again
- relumine — to relume.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- rumbling — a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge.