8-letter words containing u, m, a, r
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- muriatic — (not in scientific use) of or derived from muriatic acid.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- murmansk — an ice-free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- 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.
- muskrats — Plural form of muskrat.
- mustards — Plural form of mustard.
- mustardy — Like mustard.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- mutatory — subject to change; variable
- 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)
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- 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.
- nummular — pertaining to coins or money; nummary.
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- paramour — an illicit lover, especially of a married person.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- pergamum — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumular — relating to the plumule of a plant
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- quagmiry — relating to a quagmire
- racemous — racemose.
- radium a — a substance, formed by decay of radon, that gives rise to radium B.
- radium b — an isotope of lead, formed by decay of radium A, that gives rise to radium C, which is an isotope of bismuth, from which radium D, radium E, and radium F, or polonium 210, are derived.
- radium f — an isotope of polonium: polonium 210.
- ramanuja — 1017–1134, Indian leader of the Shri-Vaishnavite sect.
- rambutan — the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
- ramentum — a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- ranarium — a place for keeping or rearing frogs
- reassume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- remarque — Erich Maria [er-ik muh-ree-uh;; German ey-rikh mah-ree-ah] /ˈɛr ɪk məˈri ə;; German ˈeɪ rɪx mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1970, German novelist in the U.S.
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.