6-letter words containing u, m
- natrum — Lb homeopathy sodium.
- neumes — Plural form of neume.
- neumic — 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.
- nickum — a mischievous person, mischief-maker
- nimbus — Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- nimrud — modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.
- nomura — Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- noumea — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).
- nudism — the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- numazu — a port city in S Honshu, Japan, on Suragu Bay.
- numbat — banded anteater.
- numbed — Simple past tense and past participle of numb.
- number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
- numbly — In a numb manner; without feeling.
- numdah — (in South Asia and the Middle East) an embroidered rug or carpet made of felt or coarse woolen cloth.
- numero — The sign ⟨ № ⟩.
- numina — plural of numen.
- nummus — (historical) Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.
- numnah — A pad, typically made of sheepskin or foam, that is placed under a saddle.
- numpty — A stupid or ineffectual person.
- nutmeg — the hard, aromatic seed of the fruit of an East Indian tree, Myristica fragrans, used in grated form as a spice.
- oidium — one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- okoume — gaboon.
- olmütz — a city in central Moravia, in the E Czech Republic.
- omasum — the third stomach of a ruminant, between the reticulum and the abomasum; the manyplies.
- ombuds — Plural form of ombud.
- omnium — (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
- opiums — Plural form of opium.
- ormolu — Also called mosaic gold. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold.
- ormuzd — Ahura Mazda.
- osmium — a hard, heavy, metallic element having the greatest density of the known elements and forming octavalent compounds, as OsO 4 and OsF 8 : used chiefly as a catalyst, in alloys, and in the manufacture of electric-light filaments. Symbol: Os; atomic weight: 190.2; atomic number: 76; specific gravity: 22.57.
- osmous — of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- osmund — a superior quality of iron, formerly used for fishhooks, arrowheads, etc.
- ostium — Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- outman — to surpass in manpower.
- outram — Sir James. 1803–63, British soldier and administrator in India; he participated in the relief of Lucknow (1857) during the Indian Mutiny
- outsum — to amount or add up to more than
- pablum — (lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
- pactum — a pact
- parfum — perfume.
- pellum — dust
- pensum — a piece of work or a task to be completed, esp a school exercise
- peplum — a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the waist, covering the hips.
- phylum — Biology. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan.
- pileum — the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- plenum — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- plumed — having or appearing to have a plume or plumes.
- plummy — containing or resembling plums.
- plumpy — plump
- pneum- — pneumo-