8-letter words containing u, n, e, m
- misbegun — Begun badly or incorrectly.
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- mon dieu — my God
- monocule — (zoology) A small crustacean with one median eye.
- monofuel — a fuel that is made up of a single constituent and has nothing added to it
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- monument — something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mu meson — (no longer in technical use) muon.
- muchness — Archaic. greatness, as in quantity, measure, or degree.
- muculent — Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.
- mudstone — a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination.
- muenster — a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- muezzins — Plural form of muezzin.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- mulliken — Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- mundanes — Plural form of mundane.
- muniment — muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- museveni — Yoweri Kaguta [yohwer-ee kah-goo-tah] /ˈyoʊwɛr i kɑˈgu tɑ/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Ugandan politician: president 1986-.
- muskegon — a port in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.
- muslined — draped or covered with muslin
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- muteness — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- mutineer — a person who mutinies.
- mutinied — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- mutinies — Plural form of mutiny.
- nebulium — a hypothetical element once thought to be present in emission nebulae because of certain unidentified spectral lines, now known to be forbidden transitions of oxygen and nitrogen ions.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- nembutsu — meditation on the name of Amida.
- nemorous — (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- new chum — a recent British immigrant
- nimbuses — Plural form of nimbus.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- noumenal — ontic.