10-letter words containing um
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dummelhead — a stupid or slow-witted person
- dummy head — a model of the human head with a microphone in each ear intended to receive sound in binaural and surround sound reproduction and transmission
- dummy load — a resistive component that absorbs all the output power of an electrical generator or radio transmitter in order to simulate working conditions for test purposes
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dump truck — a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- ecumenical — general; universal.
- edumacated — Simple past tense and past participle of edumacate.
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- emoluments — Plural form of emolument.
- emplastrum — a medicated plaster
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- encumbered — Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
- endomysium — A layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers.
- enumerable — Able to be counted by one-to-one correspondence with the set of all positive integers.
- enumerated — Simple past tense and past participle of enumerate.
- enumerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enumerate.
- enumerator — A person employed in taking a census of the population.
- epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- epicentrum — the focus of an earthquake
- epicranium — (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
- epidendrum — an orchid belonging to the Epidendrum genus
- epineurium — (anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- equisetums — Plural form of equisetum.
- erechtheum — a temple on the Acropolis at Athens, which has a porch of caryatids
- eriophorum — cotton grass
- eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- euphorbium — an acrid resin obtained from several species of Euphorbia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative and emetic
- exhumation — The act of digging up that which has been buried.
- falciparum — The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria.
- filopodium — a long, hairlike pseudopod composed of ectoplasm.
- flummoxing — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- force pump — a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.
- fossil gum — any gum, found chiefly in the earth, that was yielded by a now fossilized tree.
- frumentius — Saint, a.d. c300–c380, founder of the Ethiopian Church.
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- fumadiddle — flumadiddle.
- fumatorium — an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy fungi or insects.
- fumblingly — In a fumbling manner.
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- fumigating — Present participle of fumigate.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.