9-letter words containing m, u, s
- embrasure — (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- empurples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empurple.
- emulators — Plural form of emulator.
- emulously — In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.
- emulsions — Plural form of emulsion.
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- encumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber.
- endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epimysium — A sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle.
- eponymous — (of a person) giving their name to something.
- equisetum — A plant of a genus that comprises the horsetails.
- eulogiums — Plural form of eulogium.
- eumenides — another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism
- eunuchism — The condition of being a eunuch.
- euphemise — Alternative spelling of euphemize.
- euphemism — A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
- euphemist — One who uses euphemisms.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphuisms — Plural form of euphuism.
- excuse me — polite interruption
- exogamous — (biology, marriage) Of or relating to exogamy.
- exonumist — a collector of exonumia
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- famagusta — a seaport on the E coast of Cyprus, on an inlet of the Mediterranean: castle; large cathedral (now a mosque).
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- fastigium — the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae
- feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- fist bump — a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.
- fist pump — a gesture of enthusiasm, victory, etc., in which one raises a fist and thrusts the forearm quickly and forcefully forward or downward.
- flag smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the affected leaves and stems, which later dry up and become shredded, caused by several smut fungi of the genus Urocystis.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- fluminous — Pertaining to a river or rivers; flowing, fluent.
- flunkyism — The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- foursomes — Plural form of foursome.
- fraudsman — a fraudster; a cheat
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
- frustulum — a small breakfast permitted on fast days.
- fukushima — a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- fulminous — Explosive.
- fulsomely — In a fulsome manner.
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.