8-letter words containing u, m
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- freemium — a sales strategy, especially on the Internet, in which the basic product or service is free, but customers are charged for additional features and content.
- fremitus — palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- frenulum — Anatomy, Zoology. a small frenum.
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- frumpily — In a frumpy manner.
- frumpish — a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
- frustums — Plural form of frustum.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fuglemen — Plural form of fugleman.
- fujimori — Alberto, born 1938, president of Peru 1990–2000.
- fujiyama — a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan. 12,395 feet (3778 meters).
- fukuyama — a city on SW Honshu, in Japan, NE of Hiroshima.
- fulcrums — Plural form of fulcrum.
- fullsome — Misspelling of fulsome.
- fulltime — Alternative form of full-time.
- fulminic — highly explosive; unstable.
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- fumarate — the salt of fumaric acid, a key chemical intermediate in the Krebs cycle.
- fumarium — A smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine.
- fumarole — a hole in or near a volcano, from which vapor rises.
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fumingly — In a rage.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- funnyman — a comedian or humorist.
- funnymen — Plural form of funnyman.
- fur farm — a farm on which animals, as minks, are raised for their pelts.
- furculum — furcula.
- furmenty — frumenty
- fusarium — any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.
- fusiform — spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
- futurama — an exhibition or display that attempts to depict certain aspects or elements of life in the future.
- futurism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of the fine arts developed originally by a group of Italian artists about 1910 in which forms derived chiefly from cubism were used to represent rapid movement and dynamic motion.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- galumphs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph.
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- gaullism — a political movement in France led by Charles de Gaulle.
- gaumless — gormless.
- gazumped — Simple past tense and past participle of gazump.
- geminous — found in pairs
- gemmeous — of, relating to, or resembling a gem
- gemmules — Plural form of gemmule.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.