9-letter words containing u, m
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- famagusta — a seaport on the E coast of Cyprus, on an inlet of the Mediterranean: castle; large cathedral (now a mosque).
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- farm-toun — a farmhouse together with its outbuildings
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- fastigium — the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae
- fauxmance — a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage
- feed pump — A feed pump is a pump that moves a fluid such as a fuel at a controlled rate.
- feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- film buff — a connoisseur of or expert on cinema and films
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- fire pump — A fire pump is a piece of equipment that provides the pressure for a water supply system used if there is a fire on a drilling rig.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- fist bump — a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.
- fist pump — a gesture of enthusiasm, victory, etc., in which one raises a fist and thrusts the forearm quickly and forcefully forward or downward.
- flabellum — a fan, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
- flag smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the affected leaves and stems, which later dry up and become shredded, caused by several smut fungi of the genus Urocystis.
- flagellum — A slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic whiplike appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc., to swim.
- flambeaux — a flaming torch.
- flame gun — a type of flame-thrower for destroying garden weeds
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flugelman — fugleman.
- fluminous — Pertaining to a river or rivers; flowing, fluent.
- flummoxed — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- flunkyism — The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
- fluxmeter — an instrument for measuring magnetic flux, consisting essentially of a ballistic galvanometer.
- fomalhaut — a star of the first magnitude and the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- formulize — formulate.
- fort drum — a military reservation in Watertown in N New York, approximately 10 miles (16 km) E of Lake Ontario.
- foursomes — Plural form of foursome.
- fra mauro — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 50 miles (80 km) in diameter.
- fraenulum — frenulum.
- fraudsman — a fraudster; a cheat
- frogmouth — any Australian and Oriental bird of the family Podargidae, related to the goatsuckers, having a broad, flattened, froglike mouth.
- fruit gum — a type of chewy sweet with a fruit flavour
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
- frustulum — a small breakfast permitted on fast days.
- fu manchu — a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.