8-letter words containing m, u, t, e
- lutecium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- lutetium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- luxmeter — a device for measuring the brightness or illumination of a surface
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- malamute — Alaskan malamute.
- malemute — Alaskan malamute.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- maquette — a small model or study in three dimensions for either a sculptural or an architectural project.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturers — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturest — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maumetry — Archaic form of mammetry.
- mcteague — a novel (1899) by Frank Norris.
- meatuses — Plural form of meatus.
- megahurt — (computer slang, rare) megahertz.
- mellitum — mellite.
- menuitis — /men"yoo-i:"tis/ A notional disease suffered by software with an obsessively simple-minded menu interface and no escape. Hackers find this intensely irritating and much prefer the flexibility of command-line or language-style interfaces, especially those customisable via macros or a special-purpose language in which one can encode useful hacks. See user-obsequious, drool-proof paper, WIMP, for the rest of us.
- mesquite — a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas.
- mete out — inflict: punishment
- metuchen — a city in NE New Jersey.
- mezuzoth — Plural form of mezuzah.
- miguelet — miquelet.
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- minutest — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minutiae — Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.
- miquelet — (in the Peninsular War) a Spanish guerrilla who fought against the French.
- misquote — a quotation that is incorrect.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- mixtures — Plural form of mixture.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- monument — something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
- moquette — a type of fabric with a thick, velvety pile, used for carpets and in upholstering.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mousemat — a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved
- mouterer — a miller who receives payment for grinding corn
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- move out — an act or instance of moving; movement.
- move-out — an act or instance of vacating a living or working place: With so many business move-outs, the local economy is suffering.
- muculent — Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.