8-letter words containing u, m
- macahuba — a South American palm tree of the genus Acrocomia
- macallum — an ice cream with raspberry sauce
- macaques — Plural form of macaque.
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- macmanus — Seumas [shey-muh s] /ˈʃeɪ məs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1960, Irish poet and short-story writer.
- macroura — Macruran.
- macrural — (zoology) macrurous.
- macruran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Macrura, comprising the lobsters, crayfishes, shrimps, and prawns.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- macushla — darling.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- madurese — a member of a people native to the island of Madura and also inhabiting the northeastern coast of Java.
- magangue — a city in NW Colombia.
- maiasaur — a large hadrosaur, Maiasaura peeblesorum, that is thought to have cared for its young.
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- mail hub — mail server
- mail out — If someone mails out things such as letters, leaflets, or bills, they send them to a large number of people at the same time.
- mail-out — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- malamute — Alaskan malamute.
- malemute — Alaskan malamute.
- malodour — Alternative spelling of malodor.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- mameluke — a member of a military class, originally composed of slaves, that seized control of the Egyptian sultanate in 1250, ruled until 1517, and remained powerful until massacred or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
- mammatus — a bumpy, breast-shaped cloud
- mamurius — a smith who made 11 copies of the Ancile to prevent thieves from recognizing the original.
- man-hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- mandamus — a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.
- manequin — Dated form of mannequin.
- maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuvre — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- manfully — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manhunts — Plural form of manhunt.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- manually — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- manuel i — called the Fortunate. 1469–1521, king of Portugal (1495–1521); his reign saw the discovery of Brazil and the beginning of Portuguese trade with India and the East