6-letter words containing u, m
- musing — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- musive — relating to or forming a mosaic
- musjid — masjid.
- muskat — Obsolete form of musk cat.
- musked — Simple past tense and past participle of musk.
- muskeg — a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.
- musket — a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
- muskie — Edmund (Sixtus) [sik-stuh s] /ˈsɪk stəs/ (Show IPA), 1914–96, U.S. politician: senator 1959–80; secretary of state 1980–81.
- muskox — a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, of arctic regions of North America and Greenland, that is between an ox and a sheep in size and anatomy.
- muslim — of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
- muslin — a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- musmon — A kind of sheep, the mouflon.
- musnud — a seat or throne of cushions used by native princes.
- musrol — the noseband of a horse's bridle
- mussed — a state of disorder or untidiness.
- mussel — any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- musset — (Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- musted — to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
- mustee — the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- mutant — undergoing or resulting from mutation.
- mutare — a city in E Zimbabwe.
- mutase — (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the shifting of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule.
- mutate — to change; alter.
- mutein — a mutationally altered protein.
- mutely — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- mutest — Superlative form of mute.
- mutina — a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: ruled by the Este family (18th–19th century); university (1678). Pop: 175 502 (2001)
- mutine — a rebel; mutineer
- muting — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- mutiny — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- mutism — an inability to speak, due to a physical defect, conscious refusal, or psychogenic inhibition.
- mutter — to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
- mutton — em (def 2).
- muttra — former name of Mathura.
- mutual — possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: to have mutual respect.
- mutuel — pari-mutuel (def 1).
- mutule — a projecting flat block under the corona of the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.
- mutuum — a contract for the loan of goods which will be used or consumed by the borrower, to be repaid with goods of an equivalent quantity and quality
- muumuu — a long, loose-hanging dress, usually brightly colored or patterned, worn especially by Hawaiian women.
- muvver — Lb Cockney eye dialect of mother.
- muzaky — (of music) having a light, bland sound
- muzhik — a Russian peasant.
- muzjik — Alternative spelling of mujik.
- muztag — a mountain in W China, in the Kunlun Range. 23,891 feet (7287 meters).
- muzzed — to study intensely; grind.
- muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- mxibus — Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus
- mysuru — a city in S central Karnataka state, in S India.
- mzungu — (in some African countries) A white person.