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10-letter words containing t, u, m, e

  • dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
  • duple time — characterized by two beats to the measure.
  • dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
  • durometers — Plural form of durometer.
  • durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
  • dust mouse — a dust ball.
  • duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
  • eboulement — a collapse; cave-in.
  • ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
  • eczematous — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
  • edmundston — a city in NW New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the upper part of the St. John River.
  • edumacated — Simple past tense and past participle of edumacate.
  • emaculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emaculate.
  • emasculate — Make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
  • embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
  • emoluments — Plural form of emolument.
  • emplastrum — a medicated plaster
  • emulations — Plural form of emulation.
  • emulatress — a female imitator or emulator
  • endurement — (obsolete) endurance.
  • engouement — infatuation
  • engulfment — The act of engulfing.
  • ensoulment — The act or process of ensouling; the act of a developing human being given a soul.
  • enthusiasm — Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
  • enumerated — Simple past tense and past participle of enumerate.
  • enumerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enumerate.
  • enumerator — A person employed in taking a census of the population.
  • epaulement — a construction to protect troops from attack
  • epicentrum — the focus of an earthquake
  • episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
  • epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
  • equal time — a policy stating that opposing political candidates must be offered the same amount of broadcasting time for television and radio campaigns
  • equanimity — Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, esp. in a difficult situation.
  • equipments — (nonstandard) Plural form of equipment.
  • equisetums — Plural form of equisetum.
  • erechtheum — a temple on the Acropolis at Athens, which has a porch of caryatids
  • erymanthus — Mountmountain in the NW Peloponnesus, Greece: 7,297 ft (2,224 m): in Greek mythology, haunt of a savage boar captured by Hercules
  • ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
  • eudiometer — A graduated glass tube in which mixtures of gases can be made to react by an electric spark, used to measure changes in volume of gases during chemical reactions.
  • eudiometry — (chemistry, dated) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
  • eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
  • eurhythmic — Harmonious.
  • euromarket — economics
  • eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
  • exhumation — The act of digging up that which has been buried.
  • extramural — Outside the walls or boundaries of a town, college, or institution.
  • firmicutes — Plural form of firmicute.
  • flour mite — any of several mites that infest flour and other stored organic materials and may be a serious pest; some may cause itching in persons handling infected material
  • flutemouth — any of several fish with a tubular snout
  • formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.
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