9-letter words containing m, u
- ambulator — a person who walks
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people
- ambuscade — an ambush
- ambuscado — an ambush
- ambushing — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amenaunce — a person's bearing or demeanour
- americium — a white metallic transuranic element artificially produced from plutonium. It is used as an alpha-particle source. Symbol: Am; atomic no: 95; half-life of most stable isotope, 243Am: 7.4 × 103 years; valency: 2,3,4,5, or 6; relative density: 13.67; melting pt: 1176°C; boiling pt: 2607°C (est)
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- amorously — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- amorphous — Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure.
- amount to — If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
- amounting — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amourette — a brief affair or an affair that is insignificant to oneself
- amphioxus — cephalochordate
- amphitruo — a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus.
- amplitude — In physics, the amplitude of a sound wave or electrical signal is its strength.
- ampullary — Of or pertaining to an ampulla.
- ampullate — Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
- ampullula — a small ampulla.
- amputated — Simple past tense and past participle of amputate.
- amputates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate.
- amu darya — a river in central Asia, rising in the Pamirs and flowing northwest through the Hindu Kush and across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to its delta in the Aral Sea: forms much of the N border of Afghanistan and is important for irrigation. Length: 2400 km (1500 miles)
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- amusingly — pleasantly entertaining or diverting: an amusing speaker.
- amygdules — Plural form of amygdule.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- aneurysms — Plural form of aneurysm.
- angouleme — city in SW France: pop. 46,000
- angoumois — a region and former province of W France: famous as source of cognac.
- anguiform — shaped like a snake
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- anthodium — the flower head or bracts of a composite plant, as in daisies or asters
- anthurium — any of various tropical American aroid plants constituting the genus Anthurium, many of which are cultivated as house plants for their showy foliage and their flowers, which are borne in a long-stalked spike surrounded by a flaring heart-shaped white or red bract
- antihuman — opposed to or hostile to humanity, inhuman
- antimusic — any form of music intended to overthrow traditional conventions and expectations
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antitumor — Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
- aquadrome — a venue for water sports
- aquariums — Plural form of aquarium.
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arboretum — An arboretum is a specially designed garden of different types of trees.
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- argumenta — appeals to reason
- arguments — an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.
- armatures — Plural form of armature.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- art music — music written by a composer rather than passed on by oral tradition