8-letter words containing u, m
- gun moll — a female companion of a criminal.
- gun room — a room in which guns are kept.
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunrooms — Plural form of gunroom.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gunsmoke — Smoke produced by the firing of a gun.
- gunwoman — A female gunman.
- gunwomen — Plural form of gunwoman.
- gurmukhi — the script used for writing the Punjabi language
- guttatim — (in prescriptions) drop by drop.
- gym suit — any outfit prescribed for wear while participating in gymnastics or sports.
- gynecium — gynoecium.
- halloumi — a salty cheese originating in Cyprus and made from sheep’s or goat’s milk: often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly.
- halutzim — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
- hame tug — a loop or short leather strap attaching a trace to a hame.
- hamulate — Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
- hanumans — Plural form of hanuman.
- harmfull — Archaic form of harmful.
- harrumph — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- hegumene — the head of a nunnery of the Eastern Church
- hegumeny — the office of a hegumen
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- helium i — colorless liquid helium existing below its boiling point of 4.2 K and above the lambda point of 2.186 K.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hog plum — yellow mombin.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- hoodlums — Plural form of hoodlum.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- housemen — Plural form of houseman.
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- hum-drum — lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- humblest — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- humidify — to make humid.
- humidity — humid condition; moistness; dampness.