8-letter words containing u, l, m
- mofussil — (India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three w East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas.
- moistful — loaded with or full of wetness or moisture
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- molecule — Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- molluscs — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- mollusks — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- molossus — a type of foot in metre that contains three long syllables
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monaural — monophonic (def 2).
- monocule — (zoology) A small crustacean with one median eye.
- monofuel — a fuel that is made up of a single constituent and has nothing added to it
- monohull — (of a vessel) having a single hull.
- moufflon — Alternative spelling of mouflon.
- mouflons — Plural form of mouflon.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mournful — Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
- mouthful — the amount a mouth can hold.
- mouthily — in a mouthy or bombastic manner
- mpegplus — (compression, algorithm) A non-ISO standard compressed audio file format derived from MPEG-1 Layer 2.
- mucilage — any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- muckluck — a soft boot worn by Eskimos, often lined with fur and usually made of sealskin or reindeer skin.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- muculent — Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.
- mud flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mud flat — the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.
- mud-flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- muddlers — Plural form of muddler.
- muddling — Present participle of muddle.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudflats — Plural form of mudflat.
- mudlarks — Plural form of mudlark.
- mudsills — Plural form of mudsill.
- mudslide — mudflow.
- mufflers — Plural form of muffler.
- muffling — Present participle of muffle.
- mufulira — a city in N central Zambia, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- muhlbach — Luise [loo-ee-zuh] /luˈi zə/ (Show IPA), (Klara Müller Mundt) 1814–73, German novelist.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- mulberry — the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
- mulching — (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.