7-letter words containing m, u
- cumfrey — Alternative form of comfrey.
- cumming — Present participle of cum.
- cumquat — kumquat
- cumshaw — (used, esp formerly, by beggars in Chinese ports) a present or tip
- cumshot — (vulgar, slang) A sex act in pornographic films in which a man ejaculates onto his partner's body.
- cumslut — (slang, vulgar, usually, derogatory) A person who badly wants to receive a man's semen, particularly in an orifice.
- cumulet — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon, pure white or white with light red markings
- cumulus — Cumulus is a type of thick white cloud formed when hot air rises very quickly.
- curcuma — any tropical Asian tuberous plant of the genus Curcuma, such as C. longa, which is the source of turmeric, and C. zedoaria, which is the source of zedoary: family Zingiberaceae
- cushman — Charlotte Saunders [sawn-derz,, sahn-] /ˈsɔn dərz,, ˈsɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1816–76, U.S. actress.
- customs — the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband
- cutworm — the caterpillar of various noctuid moths, esp those of the genus Argrotis, which is a pest of young crop plants in North America
- daimoku — (in Nichiren Buddhism) the words nam myoho renge kyo ('devotion to the Lotus Sutra') chanted to the Gohonzon
- damasus — died 1048, pope 1048.
- daumier — Honoré (ɔnɔre). 1808–79, French painter and lithographer, noted particularly for his political and social caricatures
- decimus — (in prescriptions) tenth.
- decorum — Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable.
- decuman — a huge wave
- dedimus — a legal document or decree authorizing a person who is not a judge to act instead of a judge
- demount — to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting
- demured — Simple past tense and past participle of demure.
- deplume — to deprive of feathers; pluck
- dertrum — the extremity of the maxilla of a bird's bill, especially when hooked or differentiated from the rest of the bill, as in pigeons and plovers.
- dictums — Plural form of dictum.
- dim sum — small dumplings, usually steamed or fried and filled with meat, seafood, vegetables, condiments, etc.
- dim-out — a reduction or concealment of night lighting in wartime to make the source less visible to an enemy from the air or sea.
- dimbulb — a stupid person; dimwit.
- doldrum — Boring, uninteresting.
- dominus — the Lord be with you.
- doomful — foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- drum up — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- drumble — to be inactive or sluggish
- drumkit — Alternative spelling of drum kit.
- drumlin — a long, narrow or oval, smoothly rounded hill of unstratified glacial drift.
- drummed — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- drummer — a person who plays a drum.
- drumset — Alternative spelling of drum set.
- du mont — Allen Balcom. 1901–65, US inventor and electronics manufacturer. He developed the cathode-ray tube used in television sets and oscilloscopes
- dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- dubnium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Db; atomic number: 105.
- ducdame — a nonsensical refrain used in Shakespeare's As You Like It
- duchamp — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).
- duhamel — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Denis Thévenin) 1884–1966, French novelist, physician, poet, and essayist.
- dukedom — a duchy.
- dum-dum — a silly, stupid person.
- dumaist — a person who belongs to a duma or Russian council
- dumb ox — a dimwit
- dumbass — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbell — (rare) alternative spelling of dumbbell.
- dumbest — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.