8-letter words containing u, n, e, m
- noumenon — the object, itself inaccessible to experience, to which a phenomenon is referred for the basis or cause of its sense content.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- numbered — Simple past tense and past participle of number.
- numberer — One who numbers.
- numbness — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- nutmeggy — having the smell or the taste of nutmeg
- outvenom — to surpass in venomousness
- pendulum — a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- perineum — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- pudendum — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
- queendom — the position or status of a queen.
- ramentum — a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- relumine — to relume.
- renumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- resuming — to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
- resummon — to summon again
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run time — 1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer. 2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see time-sharing). 3. The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to compile-time or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective. 4. run-time support.
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- secundum — according to
- selenium — a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- seminude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- set menu — a complete meal in a restaurant or café for a stated price with a limited number of options to choose from for each course; it is usually cheaper than ordering dishes individually from the à la carte menu
- smugness — contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- sub-menu — a list of commands within the main menu of a computer application
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- summoned — to call upon to do something specified.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surnames — the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.