8-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- crummier — Also, crumby. Slang. dirty and run-down; shabby; seedy: a crummy fleabag of a hotel. of little or no value; cheap; worthless: crummy furniture that falls apart after a month of use. wretchedly inadequate; miserable; lousy: They pay crummy salaries.
- crummies — a cow with crooked horns.
- crumpets — Plural form of crumpet.
- crumpled — creased
- crumples — to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
- cucumber — A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of cumber.
- cumberer — Someone or something that cumbers.
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- delirium — If someone is suffering from delirium, they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delubrum — a shrine or sanctuary
- demiurge — (in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe
- demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- demurred — to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
- demurrer — a pleading that admits an opponent's point but denies that it is a relevant or valid argument
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dormeuse — mobcap.
- dormouse — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- dream up — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamful — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- drum set — kit consisting of several drums
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- drumette — the thick first section of a chicken wing that resembles a drumstick.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- drumhead — the membrane stretched upon a drum.
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- drummers — Plural form of drummer.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dummerer — a cant expression for a tramp who feigns that he or she is unable to speak
- dumpster — a large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
- dungmere — a hole or a trench for the collection of waste matter
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- e number — E numbers are artificial substances which are added to some foods and drinks to improve their flavour or colour or to make them last longer. They are called E numbers because they are represented in Europe by code names which begin with the letter 'E'.
- eardrums — Plural form of eardrum.
- earmuffs — A pair of soft fabric coverings, connected by a band across the top of the head, that are worn over the ears to protect them from cold or noise.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- electrum — A natural or artificial alloy of gold with at least 20 percent silver, used for jewelry, especially in ancient times.
- emeritus — (of the former holder of an office, esp. a college professor) Having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor.
- emporium — A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.
- empurple — Make or become purple.
- emu-wren — any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers
- emulator — A person or thing that emulates.
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.