5-letter words containing m, u
- tumpy — (of ground) with humps or hummocks
- ulama — a body of Muslim scholars or religious leaders
- ulema — Muslim scholars or men of authority in religion and law
- ulmin — a dark substance found in decaying vegetation
- umami — a strong meaty taste imparted by glutamate and certain other amino acids: often considered to be one of the basic taste sensations along with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.
- umbel — an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- umbra — shade; shadow.
- umiak — an open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
- umist — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- ummah — the Islamic community.
- umrah — the pilgrimage, consisting of rituals performed at various shrines, made by a Muslim upon entering Mecca: often part of the hajj.
- unami — a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- unarm — to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- undam — to free from a dam
- undim — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
- ungum — (in silk preparation) to remove gum from
- unjam — to remove a blockage from (a machine, printer, shredder, etc)
- unman — to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of: Constant conflict finally unmanned him.
- unmet — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
- unmew — to set free (something mewed up); release, as from confinement.
- unmix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- upham — Charles (Hazlitt). 1908–94, New Zealand soldier; hero of World War II and one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice
- urman — a geographical or climatic area of conifer forest
- urmia — Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- uxmal — an ancient ruined city in SE Mexico, in Yucatán: a center of later Mayan civilization.
- velum — Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- vinum — (in prescriptions) a solution of a medicinal substance in wine.
- wamus — a heavy cardigan jacket, loosely knit and belted.
- whump — A dull thudding sound.
- wumaa — World United Martial Arts Alliance
- yquem — Château d', a sweet white wine from the estate of Château d'Yquem in the Sauternes region of France.
- yuman — a family of languages including the language shared by the Yuma and Mohave Indians and several other languages of the lower valley of the Colorado River.
- yummo — tasty; delicious
- yummy — very pleasing to the senses, especially to the taste; delicious: The waiter brought out a tray of yummy desserts.
- yumpy — Yumpie.
- zumba — Zumba is an exercise programme that uses Latin-American music and dance steps.