8-letter words containing r, u, m
- crumbles — Plural form of crumble.
- crumenal — a purse
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- crummier — Also, crumby. Slang. dirty and run-down; shabby; seedy: a crummy fleabag of a hotel. of little or no value; cheap; worthless: crummy furniture that falls apart after a month of use. wretchedly inadequate; miserable; lousy: They pay crummy salaries.
- crummies — a cow with crooked horns.
- crumpets — Plural form of crumpet.
- crumpled — creased
- crumples — to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
- cubiform — having the shape of a cube
- cucumber — A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of cumber.
- cumberer — Someone or something that cumbers.
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- curcumin — a yellow pigment, derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, and the main active ingredient of turmeric. It is an antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- damanhur — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- delirium — If someone is suffering from delirium, they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delubrum — a shrine or sanctuary
- demiurge — (in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe
- demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- demurred — to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
- demurrer — a pleading that admits an opponent's point but denies that it is a relevant or valid argument
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dormeuse — mobcap.
- dormouse — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- dortmund — a city in W Germany.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- dream up — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamful — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- drudgism — the work of a drudge
- druidism — the religion or rites of the Druids.
- drum kit — percussion: set of drums
- drum out — 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.
- drum set — kit consisting of several drums
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- drumette — the thick first section of a chicken wing that resembles a drumstick.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- drumhead — the membrane stretched upon a drum.
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.