7-letter words containing m, u
- lumumba — Patrice (Emergy) [puh-trees em-er-zhee] /pəˈtris ˌɛm ɛrˈʒi/ (Show IPA), 1925–61, African political leader: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960–61.
- lustrum — Also, luster; especially British, lustre. a period of five years.
- lyceums — Plural form of lyceum.
- m'sieur — monsieur
- macaque — any monkey of the genus Macaca, chiefly of Asia, characterized by cheek pouches and, usually, a short tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- machaut — Guillaume de [French gee-yohm duh] /French giˈyoʊm də/ (Show IPA), Guillaume de Machaut.
- maculae — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- macular — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- macules — Plural form of macule.
- macumba — a Brazilian cult incorporating the use of fetishes and sorcery and deriving largely from African practices.
- made-up — concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
- madoqua — any small African antelope of the genus Madoqua
- madurai — a city in S Tamil Nadu, in S India.
- magaluf — a resort town on the SW coast of Majorca
- magnium — (obsolete) magnesium.
- magnums — Plural form of magnum.
- magueys — Plural form of maguey.
- mahfouz — Naguib [nah-geeb] /nɑˈgib/ (Show IPA), 1911–2006, Egyptian author: Nobel prize 1988.
- mahound — Archaic. Muhammad.
- mahouts — Plural form of mahout.
- mahuang — a Chinese shrub, Ephedra sinica, that is a source of ephedrine.
- mailout — An informational or promotional document sent by post.
- mainour — a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.
- majunga — a seaport on NW Madagascar.
- make up — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- make-up — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- makeout — Of, involving, or suited to making out.
- makeups — Plural form of makeup.
- makurdi — a port in E central Nigeria, capital of Benue State on the Benue River: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 259 000 (2005 est)
- malamud — Bernard, 1914–86, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- malchus — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- malleus — the outermost of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals. Also called hammer. Compare incus (def 1), stapes.
- malraux — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, French novelist, critic, and politician.
- malthus — Thomas Robert, 1766–1834, English economist and clergyman.
- mamaguy — (transitive, Trinidad) To dupe or deceive.
- mammula — a small nipplelike process or protuberance.
- man flu — a case of the common cold as suffered by a man, implying that he is exaggerating the debilitating effects of the illness
- man-bun — a man’s hair gathered into a bun at the back or top of the head.
- managua — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- mangrum — Lloyd, 1914–73, U.S. golf player.
- manhour — Alternative form of man-hour.
- manhunt — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manitou — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- mansûra — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: scene of the defeat of the Crusaders 1250 and the capture of Louis IX by the Mamelukes.
- manteau — a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- mantuan — a city in E Lombardy, in N Italy: birthplace of Vergil.
- mantuas — Plural form of mantua.
- manuals — Plural form of manual.