9-letter words containing u, m
- bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
- bursiform — shaped like a pouch or sac
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- buzz bomb — a robot bomb, esp. as used against England by Germany in WWII
- buzz term — buzzword.
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- caciquism — (esp in Spanish America) government by local political bosses
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- capsicums — Plural form of capsicum.
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- centurium — A rejected name for fermium.
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chalumeau — an early reed instrument, the precursor of the clarinet
- chalutzim — halutz.
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- checksums — Plural form of checksum.
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chiamussu — Jiamusi.
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- churchism — adherence to the principles of an established church
- churchman — A churchman is the same as a clergyman.
- churchmen — Plural form of churchman.
- churnmilk — buttermilk