5-letter words containing u, a, m
- musha — (Ireland, archaic) an expression of surprise.
- musta — (colloquial) Must have.
- mutat — (Islam) A compensation gift given to a woman when divorced or repudiated by her husband.
- muzak — Alternative capitalization of Muzak.
- nahum — a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.
- nammu — a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
- namur — a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- namus — (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- oakum — loose fiber obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes, used for caulking the seams of ships.
- omuta — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- pamuk — Orhan. born 1952, Turkish novelist and writer; author of The Black Book (1990), My Name is Red (1998), Snow (2002), and Istanbul: Memories of a City (2003). Nobel prize for literature 2006
- qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- quame — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- ramus — a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rumal — a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- rumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- rusma — a Turkish depilatory
- sagum — a Roman soldier's cloak
- sumac — any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- sumba — one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- summa — a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- tatum — Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- ulama — a body of Muslim scholars or religious leaders
- ulema — Muslim scholars or men of authority in religion and law
- umami — a strong meaty taste imparted by glutamate and certain other amino acids: often considered to be one of the basic taste sensations along with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.
- umbra — shade; shadow.
- umiak — an open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
- ummah — the Islamic community.
- umrah — the pilgrimage, consisting of rituals performed at various shrines, made by a Muslim upon entering Mecca: often part of the hajj.
- unami — a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- unarm — to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- undam — to free from a dam
- unjam — to remove a blockage from (a machine, printer, shredder, etc)
- unman — to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of: Constant conflict finally unmanned him.
- upham — Charles (Hazlitt). 1908–94, New Zealand soldier; hero of World War II and one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice
- urman — a geographical or climatic area of conifer forest
- urmia — Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- uxmal — an ancient ruined city in SE Mexico, in Yucatán: a center of later Mayan civilization.
- wamus — a heavy cardigan jacket, loosely knit and belted.
- wumaa — World United Martial Arts Alliance
- yuman — a family of languages including the language shared by the Yuma and Mohave Indians and several other languages of the lower valley of the Colorado River.
- zumba — Zumba is an exercise programme that uses Latin-American music and dance steps.