7-letter words containing u, a, m
- campout — a camping trip
- castrum — (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
- caulome — the stem structure of a plant considered as a whole
- cenaeum — (in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- chaumer — the living quarters used by farm workers
- chumash — a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses
- cimabue — Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1240–?1302, Italian painter of the Florentine school, who anticipated the movement, led by Giotto, away from the Byzantine tradition in art towards a greater naturalism
- clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
- clamour — If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- clubman — a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clurman — Harold (Edgar) 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.
- columba — as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion
- corumba — a city in W Brazil.
- cranium — Your cranium is the round part of your skull that contains your brain.
- cullman — a city in N Alabama.
- cumaean — of Cumae
- cumarin — a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- cumbias — Plural form of cumbia.
- cumbria — (since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)
- cumquat — kumquat
- cumshaw — (used, esp formerly, by beggars in Chinese ports) a present or tip
- curcuma — any tropical Asian tuberous plant of the genus Curcuma, such as C. longa, which is the source of turmeric, and C. zedoaria, which is the source of zedoary: family Zingiberaceae
- cushman — Charlotte Saunders [sawn-derz,, sahn-] /ˈsɔn dərz,, ˈsɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1816–76, U.S. actress.
- daimoku — (in Nichiren Buddhism) the words nam myoho renge kyo ('devotion to the Lotus Sutra') chanted to the Gohonzon
- damasus — died 1048, pope 1048.
- daumier — Honoré (ɔnɔre). 1808–79, French painter and lithographer, noted particularly for his political and social caricatures
- decuman — a huge wave
- dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- ducdame — a nonsensical refrain used in Shakespeare's As You Like It
- duchamp — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).
- duhamel — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Denis Thévenin) 1884–1966, French novelist, physician, poet, and essayist.
- dumaist — a person who belongs to a duma or Russian council
- dumbass — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- duramen — heartwood.
- durmast — a European oak, Quercus petraea, yielding a heavy, elastic wood used for furniture and in the construction of buildings.
- dustman — a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
- eardrum — a membrane in the ear canal between the external ear and the middle ear; tympanic membrane.
- earmuff — either of a pair of often adjustable coverings for protecting the ears in cold weather.
- edmunda — a female given name.
- emanuel — Emmanuel
- emulate — Match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
- enamour — Alternative spelling of enamor.
- erasmus — Desiderius (ˌdɛzɪˈdɪərɪəs), real name Gerhard Gerhards. ?1466–1536, Dutch humanist, the leading scholar of the Renaissance in northern Europe. He published the first Greek edition of the New Testament in 1516; his other works include the satirical Encomium Moriae (1509); Colloquia (1519), a series of dialogues; and an attack on the theology of Luther, De Libero Arbitrio (1524)
- erratum — An error in printing or writing.
- euratom — short for European Atomic Energy Community; an authority established by the European Economic Community (now the European Union) to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy
- fa ngum — 1316–74, founder and first king of Lan Xang (1354–73), a kingdom that included the present-day republic of Laos; abdicated
- factums — Plural form of factum.
- fameuse — an American variety of red apple that ripens in early winter.
- famulus — a servant or attendant, especially of a scholar or a magician.
- farmout — an act or instance of farming out or leasing, as land for oil exploration.