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.