10-letter words containing um
- athenaeums — Plural form of athenaeum.
- atracurium — a drug used to relax muscles
- atraumatic — (of a medical or surgical procedure) causing minimal tissue injury.
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- autojumble — a sale of second-hand car parts, esp for car enthusiasts
- autopodium — (anatomy) The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot.
- autumnally — belonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: autumnal colors.
- barium 140 — the radioactive isotope of barium having a mass number of 140 and a half-life of 12.8 days, used chiefly as a tracer.
- barotrauma — an injury caused by changes in atmospheric pressure, esp to the eardrums or lungs
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- baumgarten — Alexander Gottlieb. 1714–62, German philosopher, noted for his pioneering work on aesthetics, a term that he originated
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- benumbment — the act of benumbing
- bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
- 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
- booty bump — a method of administering the recreational drug methamphetamine, in which the drug is mixed with water then injected into the rectum with a needleless syringe
- 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).
- brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes
- breadcrumb — Breadcrumbs are tiny pieces of dry bread. They are used in cooking.
- broad jump — an exercise and athletic contest in which competitors try to jump the farthest distance possible from a standing start from a fixed board or mark
- broad-jump — long-jump.
- brundisium — Brindisi
- bubble gum — Bubble gum is a sweet substance similar to chewing gum. You can blow it out of your mouth so it makes the shape of a bubble.
- bubble-gum — a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles through the lips.
- buckjumper — an untamed horse
- 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.
- bum's rush — forcible ejection, as from a gathering
- bumbailiff — (formerly) an officer employed to collect debts and arrest debtors for nonpayment
- bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bumfreezer — any of various similar styles of short jacket worn by men
- bump along — advance unevenly
- bump start — a method of starting a motor vehicle by engaging a low gear with the clutch depressed and pushing it or allowing it to run down a hill until sufficient momentum has been acquired to turn the engine by releasing the clutch
- bumper car — A bumper car is a small electric car with a wide rubber bumper all round. People drive bumper cars around a special enclosure at a fairground.
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- bumpy ride — experience: difficult
- bumsucking — obsequious behaviour; toadying
- by-numbers — done in an uninspired, simplistic, or formulaic way
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- callathump — a shivaree.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger