8-letter words containing t, u, m, a
- testamur — a certificate proving an examination has been passed
- testatum — a part of a purchase deed
- thalamus — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
- tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
- titanium — a dark-gray or silvery, lustrous, very hard, light, corrosion-resistant, metallic element, occurring combined in various minerals: used in metallurgy to remove oxygen and nitrogen from steel and to toughen it. Symbol: Ti; atomic weight: 47.90; atomic number: 22; specific gravity: 4.5 at 20°C.
- tombaugh — Clyde William, 1906–97, U.S. astronomer: discovered Pluto 1930.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- truchman — an interpreter
- truckman — a truckdriver.
- truename — (operating system) An undocumented DOS command to find the UNC name of a file or directory on a network drive.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tsushima — two adjacent Japanese islands between Korea and Kyushu: Russian fleet defeated by Japanese fleet 1905. 271 sq. mi. (702 sq. km).
- tupamaro — any of a group of Marxist urban guerrillas in Uruguay
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turkoman — a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- tympanum — Anatomy, Zoology. middle ear. tympanic membrane.
- ultimacy — the state or quality of being ultimate.
- ultimata — a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
- ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
- ultraism — extremism.
- umangite — a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, having a dark blue or red colour and metallic lustre
- umar tal — ?1797–1864, African religious and military leader, who created a Muslim empire in W Africa
- umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.
- umbrated — drawn in a faint or shaded manner
- umbratic — of or relating to the shade or shadows
- unmantle — to remove a mantle or similar covering from (someone or something)
- unmatted — (of a framed picture) without a mat
- unmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- unmutual — having or pertaining to a form of corporate organization in which there are no stockholders, and in which profits, losses, expenses, etc., are shared by members in proportion to the business each transacts with the company: a mutual company. See also mutual insurance.
- upmarket — appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
- upstream — toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
- urheimat — the primeval habitation of a people, especially the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.
- veratrum — any poisonous herb of N American genus Veratrum
- viaticum — Ecclesiastical. the Eucharist or Communion as given to a person dying or in danger of death.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
- yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.