9-letter words containing u, m
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dumaguete — a city on S Negros, in the S central Philippines.
- dumb ague — an irregular form of intermittent malarial fever, lacking the usual chill.
- dumb cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb dora — a foolishly simple, stupid, or scatterbrained woman.
- dumb down — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dumb-bell — A dumb-bell is a short bar with weights on either side which people use for physical exercise to strengthen their arm and shoulder muscles.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb-dumb — a silly, stupid person.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dumbass's — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbbells — Plural form of dumbbell.
- dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumminess — the condition of being one who contributes nothing or has no comment to make on proceedings
- dummkopfs — Plural form of dummkopf.
- dummy run — trial or practice
- dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
- dumpishly — in a downhearted and despondent manner
- dumplings — Plural form of dumpling.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dumptruck — a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
- duodecimo — Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Symbol: 12 mo, 12°.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- durometer — a device for measuring the hardness of materials, especially metals.
- dust mite — any of various mites, especially Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae, that ingest shed skin cells and may cause allergic reactions.
- duststorm — Phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- eadmund i — Edmund I.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- ecumenics — the study of the Christian church in its aspect as a worldwide Christian community.
- ecumenism — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- ecumenist — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- edematous — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- edmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
- educement — the action of educing
- edumacate — (humorous) deliberate misspelling of educate.
- effluvium — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- elmaguide — (language) The metalanguage used for interpretation of user actions in the ELMA compiler writer developed at Tallinn Poly Institute in 1978.
- emaculate — (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
- embrasure — (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- embrazure — Alternative form of embrasure.