8-letter words containing u, n, m
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- frenulum — Anatomy, Zoology. a small frenum.
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fuglemen — Plural form of fugleman.
- fulminic — highly explosive; unstable.
- fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- fumingly — In a rage.
- funnyman — a comedian or humorist.
- funnymen — Plural form of funnyman.
- furmenty — frumenty
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- geminous — found in pairs
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- glucinum — (formerly) beryllium. Symbol: Gl.
- glumness — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- gluonium — glueball.
- gonidium — (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmont — Remy de [ruh-mee duh] /rəˈmi də/ (Show IPA), 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.
- grumness — the quality of being grum
- grumping — Present participle of grump.
- gum band — a rubber band.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gun moll — a female companion of a criminal.
- gun room — a room in which guns are kept.
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunrooms — Plural form of gunroom.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gunsmoke — Smoke produced by the firing of a gun.
- gunwoman — A female gunman.
- gunwomen — Plural form of gunwoman.
- gynecium — gynoecium.
- hanumans — Plural form of hanuman.
- hegumene — the head of a nunnery of the Eastern Church
- hegumeny — the office of a hegumen
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- housemen — Plural form of houseman.
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.