8-letter words containing u, n, m, s
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numinous — of, relating to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural.
- numskull — a dull-witted or stupid person; dolt.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- on drums — playing drums
- opsonium — any food used as a relish, such as chutney
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- pilumnus — one of two ancient gods of fertility.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- resuming — to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
- resummon — to summon again
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- schumann — Clara (Clara Wieck) 1819–96, German pianist and composer (wife of Robert Schumann).
- scrinium — a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- 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
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- slumming — Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- smugness — contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- snow gum — any of various eucalyptus trees that grow at high altitude, esp Eucalyptus pauciflora
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
- stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- stuntman — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- sub-menu — a list of commands within the main menu of a computer application
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sumatran — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
- 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.
- sun lamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- sun moss — rose moss.
- 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.