8-letter words containing u, n, m, a, t
- mud tank — A mud tank is a large treatment and storage tank for cleaned mud.
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- mustangs — Plural form of mustang.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- mutandum — a thing which is to be changed
- mutating — to change; alter.
- mutation — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- my aunt! — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- 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.
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- 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
- numantia — an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- rambutan — the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
- ramentum — a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- 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.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- stuntman — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- sumatran — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
- tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
- tamandua — a tree-dwelling, tropical American anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, having a prehensile tail, four-clawed forelimbs, and coarse, tan hair with black markings on the trunk.
- tantalum — a gray, hard, rare, metallic element occurring in columbite and tantalite and usually associated with niobium: used, because of its resistance to corrosion by most acids, for chemical, dental, and surgical instruments and apparatus. Symbol: Ta; atomic weight: 180.948; atomic number: 73; specific gravity: 16.6.
- tarentum — ancient name of Taranto.
- tautonym — a scientific name in which the generic and the specific names are the same, as Chloris chloris (the greenfinch).
- titanium — a dark-gray or silvery, lustrous, very hard, light, corrosion-resistant, metallic element, occurring combined in various minerals: used in metallurgy to remove oxygen and nitrogen from steel and to toughen it. Symbol: Ti; atomic weight: 47.90; atomic number: 22; specific gravity: 4.5 at 20°C.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- truchman — an interpreter
- truckman — a truckdriver.
- truename — (operating system) An undocumented DOS command to find the UNC name of a file or directory on a network drive.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turkoman — a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- tympanum — Anatomy, Zoology. middle ear. tympanic membrane.
- umangite — a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, having a dark blue or red colour and metallic lustre
- umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.
- unmantle — to remove a mantle or similar covering from (someone or something)
- unmatted — (of a framed picture) without a mat
- unmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- unmutual — having or pertaining to a form of corporate organization in which there are no stockholders, and in which profits, losses, expenses, etc., are shared by members in proportion to the business each transacts with the company: a mutual company. See also mutual insurance.