9-letter words containing u, m
- juice man — an extortionist.
- jumada ii — the sixth month of the Muslim year
- jumbo jet — a widebody jet airliner.
- jumboized — Simple past tense and past participle of jumboize.
- jumbotron — A very large video screen, typically used in a stadium or concert venue to show close-up shots.
- jumentous — Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump ball — a ball tossed into the air above and between two opposing players by the referee in putting the ball into play.
- jump boot — a heavy leather boot originally designed for wear by paratroopers.
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- jump head — the headline printed over the continued portion of a story in a newspaper, magazine, etc., usually condensed from the main headline.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
- jump pass — a pass in which a player leaps into the air and throws the ball to a teammate before returning to the ground.
- jump rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
- jump ship — to desert, esp to leave a ship in which one is legally bound to serve
- jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
- jump suit — a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.
- jump turn — a turn in which a skier plants one or both poles in the snow in advance of the forward ski, bends close to the ground, and pivots in the air around the pole or poles.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- jumped-up — having recently gained prominence or fame and appearing arrogant.
- jumpiness — The state of being jumpy.
- jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- jumpsuits — Plural form of jumpsuit.
- junglegym — climbing frame for children
- junk mail — unsolicited commercial mail or email.
- junk room — a room in a house that is used as a store room
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- jury room — a private room, adjacent to a courtroom, where a trial jury discusses a case and reaches its verdict.
- jurywoman — a female juror.
- jurywomen — Plural form of jurywoman.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kamadhenu — a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
- kampuchea — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- karakorum — a ruined city in central Mongolian People's Republic: capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century.
- kathmandu — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- kauffmann — Angelica (andʒeˈlikə). 1741–1807, Swiss painter, who worked chiefly in England
- kauri gum — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
- kibbutzim — A communal settlement in Israel, typically a farm.
- kizil kum — Kyzyl Kum.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.
- krummholz — a forest of stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.
- krummhorn — A medieval wind instrument with an enclosed double reed and an upward-curving end, producing an even, nasal sound.
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kuo mo-jo — Guo Moruo.
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
- kyzyl kum — a desert in S Asia, SE of the Aral Sea, in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. About 90,000 sq. mi. (233,100 sq. km).