10-letter words containing u, n, m
- benumbment — the act of benumbing
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bituminize — to treat with or convert into bitumen
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
- bongo drum — small hand drum
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bound form — a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always as part of some larger construction, as -ed in seated. Compare free form (def 2).
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- box column — a hollow wooden column, as for a porch, usually having a rectangular cross section.
- box number — A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it.
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bump along — advance unevenly
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- bumsucking — obsequious behaviour; toadying
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- bustamante — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
- button man — soldier (sense 2) soldier (sense 2b)
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- by-numbers — done in an uninspired, simplistic, or formulaic way
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.