9-letter words containing m, u
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beer pump — a pump for drawing beer directly from a keg or cask.
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- berkelium — a metallic transuranic element produced by bombardment of americium. Symbol: Bk; atomic no: 97; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Bk: 1400 years; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 14 (est)
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- beryllium — a corrosion-resistant toxic silvery-white metallic element that occurs chiefly in beryl and is used mainly in X-ray windows and in the manufacture of alloys. Symbol: Be; atomic no: 4; atomic wt: 9.012; valency: 2; relative density: 1.848; melting pt: 1289°C; boiling pt: 2472°C
- betumbled — thrown into disorder
- big mouth — If you say that someone is a big mouth or that they have a big mouth, you mean that they tell other people things that should have been kept secret.
- big muddy — a nickname of the Missouri River.
- bisellium — an ancient Roman seat of honor for two persons.
- bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bismutite — a mineral, bismuth carbonate, resulting from the alteration of bismuth minerals: a minor source of bismuth.
- black gum — a tall, deciduous tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) with sour purple fruits and leaves that turn scarlet in the fall, found in moist forests of the E U.S.
- blimp out — to become greatly overweight
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- blue comb — a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.
- blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
- blue mold — any of various species of a fungus (genus Penicillium) that produce bluish masses of spores: some species yield penicillin and some are used to ripen certain cheeses
- blue moon — If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
- blue stem — a disease of raspberries and blackberries, characterized by blue discoloration of the stem, wilting, and discoloration and decay of the roots, caused by a fungus, Verticillium alboatrum.
- bluemouth — a deep water fish, Helicolenus dactylopterus
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- boom-bust — relating to a supposed cycle in which periods of prosperity and growth alternate with periods of recession
- bottom-up — from the lowest level of a hierarchy or process to the top
- botulinum — an anaerobic botulin-secreting bacterium, Clostridium botulinum
- bretylium — a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
- brimfully — in a brimfull manner
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- brushmark — the indented lines sometimes left by the bristles of a brush on a painted surface
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bubblegum — a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles through the lips.
- buck moth — a saturniid moth, Hemileuca maia, having delicate, grayish wings with a white band.
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bugger me — Some people say bugger me to emphasize that they are very surprised about something.
- bujumbura — the capital of Burundi, a port at the NE end of Lake Tanganyika. Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)
- bulb mite — a widespread mite, Rhizaglophus eclinops, that tunnels in the bulbs of lilies and other plants
- bulk-mail — to mail as bulk mail.
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- bum steer — false or misleading information or advice
- bumblebee — A bumblebee is a large hairy bee.
- bumbledom — self-importance in a minor office
- bumfuzzle — to confuse
- bump ball — a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
- bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
- bumpkinly — like a bumpkin
- bumpology — phrenology