9-letter words containing n, u, m, s
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- summiting — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- summon up — call to action
- summonsed — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
- summonses — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- sung mass — a Mass in which parts of the proper and the ordinary are sung rather than recited; missa cantata.
- sunn-hemp — a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
- tumescent — swelling; slightly tumid.
- tunesmith — a person who composes popular music or songs.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- unamassed — not amassed or gathered
- unamusing — pleasantly entertaining or diverting: an amusing speaker.
- unanimous — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
- unashamed — not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt: a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.
- unassumed — adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned: an assumed name; an assumed air of humility.
- unawesome — not awesome
- unbemused — not bemused or puzzled
- uncle sam — a personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red-and-white-striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars.
- undemised — death or decease.
- undermost — being the furthest under; lowest
- unimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- uniramous — Biology. having one branch.
- unmannish — not belonging to or resembling a man
- unmasking — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- unmortise — to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- unmusical — not musical; deficient in melody, harmony, rhythm, or tone.
- unrealism — abstractionism or a representation lacking a direct relation to a tangible or concrete object
- unsampled — undemonstrated
- unseeming — unseemly; not apparent
- unsimilar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
- unskimmed — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.