5-letter words containing m, u
- hilum — Botany. the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta. the nucleus of a granule of starch.
- hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
- houma — a city in S Louisiana.
- hulme — T(homas) E(rnest). 1883–1917, English literary critic and poet; a proponent of imagism
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humic — of or noting a substance, as an acid, obtained from humus.
- humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- humin — The part of the organic matter in soil that does not dissolve in dilute alkali.
- humma — (chat) A filler word used on various "chat" and "talk" programs when you had nothing to say but felt that it was important to say something. The word apparently originated (at least with this definition) on the MECC Timeshare System (MTS, a now-defunct educational time-sharing system running in Minnesota during the 1970s and the early 1980s) but was later sighted on early Unix systems.
- humor — hacker humour
- humph — Used to express slightly scornful doubt or dissatisfaction.
- humps — Plural form of hump.
- humpy — full of humps.
- humus — the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
- ileum — Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ilium — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- imbue — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- imune — Institution of Municipal Engineers
- ishum — the Akkadian god of fire and the companion of Irra.
- jambu — Alternative form of jambul.
- jammu — a city in and the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, in the SW part, in N India.
- jorum — a large bowl or container for holding drink.
- jugum — the posterior basal area or lobe in the forewing of certain insects, sometimes serving to couple the forewings and hind wings in flight.
- jumar — A clamp that is attached to a fixed rope and automatically tightens when weight is applied and relaxes when it is removed.
- jumbo — a very large person, animal, or thing.
- jumna — a river in N India, flowing SE from the Himalayas to the Ganges at Allahabad. 860 miles (1385 meters) long.
- jumps — Plural form of jump.
- jumpy — subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
- khnum — a god in the form of a ram who created human beings from clay on a potter's wheel.
- khoum — A monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to one fifth of an ouguiya.
- kokum — a tropical evergreen tree from India, Garcinia indica, that produces fruit which is dark purple when ripe containing large seeds from which an important edible fat is obtained
- kombu — a brown Japanese seaweed, sun-dried before use in sushi, stocks, etc.
- krump — Krumping: an energetic style of hip-hop dance.
- kumon — a method of teaching mathematics, reading, and languages in which the student uses worksheets to follow a programme that becomes increasingly advanced
- kurmi — a member of a major agricultural caste widespread in northern and central India.
- lamus — a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- lamut — Even.
- larum — alarum.
- ledum — any of various evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum, native to temperate and subarctic areas of the northern hemisphere
- lemur — any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- linum — any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- locum — locum tenens.
- lumen — Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- lumic — Having the speed of light.
- lumme — (UK, dated) Expressing surprise.
- lummy — Alternative form of lumme.
- lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- lumpy — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- m'lud — my lord: used when addressing a judge in court
- macau — Macao.