10-letter words containing u, n, e, m
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- crumminess — the state or quality of being crummy
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cummerbund — A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress.
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- decumbence — The act or posture of lying down.
- decumbency — Decumbence.
- deducement — an assumption or deduction
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- dehumanize — If you say that something dehumanizes people, you mean it takes away from them good human qualities such as kindness, generosity, and independence.
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- demounting — Present participle of demount.
- demureness — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- denouement — In a book, play, or series of events, the denouement is the sequence of events at the end, when things come to a conclusion.
- denudement — the condition of being denuded
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- dismounted — Pertaining to a horseman who has gotten off his horse, or to something which has been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
- documental — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documented — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- documenter — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dumfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- eadmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
- eboulement — a collapse; cave-in.
- ecumenical — general; universal.
- edmundston — a city in NW New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the upper part of the St. John River.
- el mansûra — a city in NE Egypt: scene of a battle (1250) in which the Crusaders were defeated by the Mamelukes and Louis IX of France was captured; cotton-manufacturing centre. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- emenagogue — Alternative form of emmenagogue.
- emoluments — Plural form of emolument.
- empurpling — Present participle of empurple.
- emulations — Plural form of emulation.
- emulsioned — Painted with emulsion paint.
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.