6-letter words containing u, m, r
- maseru — a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.
- matura — Final exams young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.
- mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- mauger — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- maugre — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- mauler — One who mauls.
- maurya — a member of an ancient Indian people who united northern India and established an empire 322–184 b.c.
- mauser — Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- mauver — a pale bluish purple.
- meerut — a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- mergui — a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
- mevrou — a South African title of address equivalent to Mrs when placed before a surname or madam when used alone
- minour — Obsolete form of minor.
- misrun — an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- miurus — a type of metre in poetry consisting of a hexameter with a short second last syllable
- moeurs — the manners, customs, behavior, etc. of a given group
- mohurs — Plural form of mohur.
- morbus — a disease
- moreau — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- morgue — a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- morula — the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- mourne — The armed or feruled end of a staff.
- mourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mourn.
- mouser — an animal that catches mice: Our cat is a good mouser.
- mu car — a self-propelled railroad car, generally used in commuting service, equipped so that a train of such cars can be operated from any one of them.
- mu ehr — cloud ear.
- mucker — Slang. a vulgar, illbred person.
- mucros — Plural form of mucro.
- mudder — a racehorse able to perform well on a wet, muddy track.
- mudras — Plural form of mudra.
- mugger — A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.
- muktar — Alt form mukhtar.
- mulier — a legitimate child.
- mullar — A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.
- muller — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- mummer — a person who wears a mask or fantastic costume while merrymaking or taking part in a pantomime, especially at Christmas and other festive seasons.
- mumper — (British, or, obsolete) A beggar.
- munroe — Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- munter — (British, slang, pejorative) An ugly person.
- murage — a toll or tax for the repair or construction of the walls or fortifications of a town.
- murals — Plural form of mural.
- murano — an island suburb of Venice: cathedral; noted for Venetian glass manufacture.
- murcia — a city in SE Spain.
- murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- murein — Peptidoglycan, mucopeptide.
- muriel — a female given name.
- murine — belonging or pertaining to the Muridae, the family of rodents that includes the mice and rats.
- muring — Present participle of mure.
- murked — Simple past tense and past participle of murk.
- murker — darkness; gloom: the murk of a foggy night.