8-letter words containing n, u, m, e
- edmund i — a.d. 921?–946, English king 940–946.
- emmanuel — a masculine name: dim. Manny; var. Emanuel, Immanuel, Manuel
- emu-wren — any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers
- emulgent — medication that stimulates the flow of bile
- emulsion — A fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- enarmour — To clothe with protective coverings.
- encomium — A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- enlumine — to illuminate
- enormous — very big
- erumpent — Bursting forth or through a surface.
- eryngium — (botany) Any of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
- eudaemon — A good or benevolent spirit.
- eudemons — Plural form of eudemon.
- eugenism — the practice or advocacy of eugenics
- eumenine — Of, or pertaining to, the potter wasps of the subfamily Eumeninae.
- euonymin — an extract obtained from the bark of the spindle tree (Euonymus atropurpureus)
- euonymus — A shrub or small tree that is widely cultivated for its autumn colors and bright fruit.
- exhuming — Present participle of exhume.
- exonumia — Coinlike objects.
- f-number — a number corresponding to the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a lens system, especially a camera lens. In f /1.4, 1.4 is the f-number and signifies that the focal length of the lens is 1.4 times as great as the diameter. /, f/, f, f: Abbreviation: f.
- frenulum — Anatomy, Zoology. a small frenum.
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fuglemen — Plural form of fugleman.
- funnymen — Plural form of funnyman.
- furmenty — frumenty
- geminous — found in pairs
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- glumness — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- grumness — the quality of being grum
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunsmoke — Smoke produced by the firing of a gun.
- gunwomen — Plural form of gunwoman.
- gynecium — gynoecium.
- hegumene — the head of a nunnery of the Eastern Church
- hegumeny — the office of a hegumen
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- housemen — Plural form of houseman.
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- huntsmen — Plural form of huntsman.