14-letter words containing um
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- illuminatingly — In an illuminating manner.
- injection pump — An injection pump is a device that supplies fuel under pressure to the injector of a fuel injection system.
- innumerability — The state of being innumerable.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- johnny-jump-up — any of certain violets, especially Viola pedunculata, having variously colored flowers.
- jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
- lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
- licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- mare acidalium — (Sea of Venus) an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- mare cimmerium — (Cimmerian Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- mare tyrrhenum — (Tyrrhenian Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marmalade plum — sapote.
- marumi kumquat — round kumquat.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- messier number — a number (preceded by M) designating the 109 double stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the Messier catalog.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- millennium bug — Year 2000
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
- munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
- nagami kumquat — oval kumquat.
- natural number — a positive integer or zero.
- network number — network address
- neutron number — the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, equal to the mass number minus the atomic number of the atom. Symbol: N.
- nil nisi bonum — de mortuis nil nisi bonum
- nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- non-enumerated — to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service