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11-letter words containing t, u, m

  • be my guest — If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.
  • beauty mark — A beauty mark is a small, dark spot on the skin that is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.
  • beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
  • bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
  • black stump — a long way off
  • blue helmet — a member of a United Nations military force, usually deployed on peacekeeping missions, and recognizable by a helmet or beret of a distinctive light blue colour
  • blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
  • blue myrtle — blueblossom.
  • boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
  • bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
  • breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
  • breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
  • british gum — dextrin.
  • buffet meal — meal at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
  • bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
  • bullmastiff — a breed of dog
  • bumbershoot — an umbrella
  • bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burnt umber — a brown pigment obtained by heating umber
  • bust a move — go, leave
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
  • cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
  • cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
  • capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
  • capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
  • capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
  • catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
  • cattywampus — catawampus
  • center jump — a jump ball between the centers of the opposing teams, held in the circle at the center of the court, as at the beginning of each period.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
  • circumburst — (physics, astronomy) Surrounding a burst.
  • circumcinct — Past participle of circumcinge.
  • circumflect — to emphasize with a circumflex accent
  • circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
  • circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
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