8-letter words containing u, a, m
- murmansk — an ice-free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- muscadel — muscatel.
- muscadet — a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- muscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- mushhead — a stupid person.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicals — Plural form of musical.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- musk bag — the musk-secreting gland of a male musk deer.
- muskrats — Plural form of muskrat.
- musquash — Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mustangs — Plural form of mustang.
- mustards — Plural form of mustard.
- mustardy — Like mustard.
- mut dash — a dash equal in length to one side of an em quad; em dash.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- mutandum — a thing which is to be changed
- mutating — to change; alter.
- mutation — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- mutative — to change; alter.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- mutatory — subject to change; variable
- mutazila — a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
- muteable — Capable of being muted.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- mutually — possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: to have mutual respect.
- muzorewa — Abel (Tendekayi) (ˈeibəl) 1925–2010, Zimabwean Methodist bishop and politician; president of the African National Council (1971–85). He was one of the negotiators of an internal settlement (1978–79); prime minister of Rhodesia (1979)
- my aunt! — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naumachy — naumachia.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- nonhuman — not human.
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- noumenal — ontic.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- numantia — an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numidian — an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria.
- nummular — pertaining to coins or money; nummary.