9-letter words containing t, u, m
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- buck moth — a saturniid moth, Hemileuca maia, having delicate, grayish wings with a white band.
- bulb mite — a widespread mite, Rhizaglophus eclinops, that tunnels in the bulbs of lilies and other plants
- bum steer — false or misleading information or advice
- bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
- bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- buzz term — buzzword.
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- claustrum — a thin layer of grey matter in the brain
- clitellum — a thickened saddle-like region of epidermis in earthworms and leeches whose secretions bind copulating worms together and later form a cocoon around the eggs
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- clumsiest — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- colostrum — the thin milky secretion from the nipples that precedes and follows true lactation. It consists largely of serum and white blood cells
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid
- columbite — a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: (Fe, Mn)(Nb)2O6
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- comatulid — any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming
- combretum — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Combretum, native mainly to tropical and subtropical Africa and producing attractive flowers
- combusted — Simple past tense and past participle of combust.
- combustor — the combustion system of a jet engine or ramjet, comprising the combustion chamber, the fuel injection apparatus, and the igniter
- come true — If a dream, wish, or prediction comes true, it actually happens.
- comfiture — (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
- comitatus — a retinue of warriors serving a leader, esp in pre-Christian Germanic cultures, such as Anglo-Saxon England and Viking Age Scandinavia
- comminute — to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- commutate — to reverse the direction of (an electric current)
- commuters — Plural form of commuter.
- commuting — the activity of travelling some distance to work every day by car, bus, or train
- commutive — (linguistics) That which serves to commute.
- commutual — mutual
- computant — a person who calculates
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- computing — Computing is the activity of using a computer and writing programs for it.
- computist — a person who computes
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).