8-letter words containing s, i, m, u
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- multitos — (operating system) (MTOS) A new version of TOS. MultiTOS's main advantage was support for pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection. It also supported the latest (and far superior) versions of GEM. MultiTOS was supplied with the Falcon030 range of computers from Atari. It is a little known fact that the MultiTOS kernel was based heavily on the freeware OS MinT which was developed long before Atari got MultiTOS working.
- multiuse — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- munnings — Sir Alfred. 1878–1959, British painter, best known for his horse paintings
- muralism — an artistic movement identified chiefly with the Mexican painters José Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Siqueiros and exemplified by their grand-scale, narrative murals on humanitarian, social, and political themes.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- murkiest — Superlative form of murky.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- muscling — Present participle of muscle.
- museveni — Yoweri Kaguta [yohwer-ee kah-goo-tah] /ˈyoʊwɛr i kɑˈgu tɑ/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Ugandan politician: president 1986-.
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- mushiest — resembling mush; pulpy.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicals — Plural form of musical.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- musicing — The art or process of making music.
- musicker — a musician
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- muslined — draped or covered with muslin
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- mustelid — any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- muticous — Botany. having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
- mutinies — Plural form of mutiny.
- mutinous — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- mystique — a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning: the mystique of Poe.
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- nimbuses — Plural form of nimbus.
- nonmusic — any sound that does not constitute music; unpleasant noise
- nudism's — the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- numinous — of, relating to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural.
- opiumism — the addictive use of opium as a stimulant or intoxicant.
- opsonium — any food used as a relish, such as chutney
- out-swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- outsmile — to outdo in smiling or overcome by smiling
- outswims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswim.
- paludism — malaria.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- pilumnus — one of two ancient gods of fertility.
- plumbism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- plumpish — somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- posticum — epinaos.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- pugilism — the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing.
- puppyism — impudence