9-letter words containing m, u, t, e
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- decumbent — lying down or lying flat
- demounted — Simple past tense and past participle of demount.
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- denotatum — (linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- depositum — (finance, obsolete) A deposit.
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- detumesce — (intransitive, of sexual organs) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
- deuterium — a stable isotope of hydrogen, occurring in natural hydrogen (156 parts per million) and in heavy water: used as a tracer in chemistry and biology. Symbol: D or 2H; atomic no: 1; atomic wt: 2.014; boiling pt: –249.7°C
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dismutase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.
- documents — Plural form of document.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumettes — Plural form of drumette.
- dumaguete — a city on S Negros, in the S central Philippines.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- durometer — a device for measuring the hardness of materials, especially metals.
- dust mite — any of various mites, especially Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae, that ingest shed skin cells and may cause allergic reactions.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- ecumenist — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- edematous — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- educement — the action of educing
- edumacate — (humorous) deliberate misspelling of educate.
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- emaculate — (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
- emolument — A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.
- emulating — Present participle of emulate.
- emulation — The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
- emulative — Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
- emulators — Plural form of emulator.
- emunction — The act of blowing one's nose.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
- enduement — Enduing.
- enumerate — Mention (a number of things ) one by one.
- equipment — The necessary items for a particular purpose.
- equisetum — A plant of a genus that comprises the horsetails.
- euphemist — One who uses euphemisms.
- eurhythmy — rhythmic movement
- eurytherm — an organism that can live at a wide range of temperatures
- eurythmic — (music) harmonious.
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- exonumist — a collector of exonumia
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- 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