10-letter words containing t, u, m
- drum table — a table having a cylindrical top with drawers or shelves in the skirt, rotating on a central post with three or four outwardly curving legs.
- drumbeater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- 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.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dump truck — a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
- 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.
- dust storm — a storm of strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area during a period of drought over normally arable land (distinguished from sandstorm).
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- 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.