8-letter words containing u, m
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- moresque — Moorish.
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- mortuary — funeral home.
- mosasaur — any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- mosquito — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- motorium — the area of the brain or nervous system involved in movement
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- moufflon — Alternative spelling of mouflon.
- mouflons — Plural form of mouflon.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mounding — a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
- mount up — accumulate
- mountain — heap of sth
- mountant — an adhesive used for mounting pictures
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mounting — A backing, setting, or support for something.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mournful — Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mousemat — a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved
- mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
- mousings — Plural form of mousing.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- mouterer — a miller who receives payment for grinding corn
- mouthbow — Musical bow.
- mouthful — the amount a mouth can hold.
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- mouthily — in a mouthy or bombastic manner
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- move out — an act or instance of moving; movement.
- move-out — an act or instance of vacating a living or working place: With so many business move-outs, the local economy is suffering.
- mowburnt — (of hay, straw, etc) damaged by overheating in a mow
- mpegplus — (compression, algorithm) A non-ISO standard compressed audio file format derived from MPEG-1 Layer 2.
- mu meson — (no longer in technical use) muon.
- muchacha — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young woman.
- muchacho — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young man.
- muchness — Archaic. greatness, as in quantity, measure, or degree.
- muciform — Resembling mucus.