5-letter words containing um
- rumpy — a tailless Manx cat
- sagum — a Roman soldier's cloak
- scrum — a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- sebum — the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- sedum — any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- serum — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- slump — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- solum — the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- spume — to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed by forth).
- strum — to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
- stump — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- sumac — any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- sumba — one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- sumer — an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- summa — a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- sumph — a stupid person; simpleton
- tatum — Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- thrum — to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum.
- thumb — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thump — a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
- trump — a trumpet.
- tumen — a river in E Asia, flowing NE along the China-North Korea border and then SE along the border between China and Russia to the Sea of Japan. About 325 miles (525 km) long.
- tumid — swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- tummy — stomach: The baby had a pain in his tummy.
- tumor — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- tumpy — (of ground) with humps or hummocks
- umami — a strong meaty taste imparted by glutamate and certain other amino acids: often considered to be one of the basic taste sensations along with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.
- umbel — an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- umbra — shade; shadow.
- umiak — an open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
- umist — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- ummah — the Islamic community.
- umrah — the pilgrimage, consisting of rituals performed at various shrines, made by a Muslim upon entering Mecca: often part of the hajj.
- ungum — (in silk preparation) to remove gum from
- velum — Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- vinum — (in prescriptions) a solution of a medicinal substance in wine.
- whump — A dull thudding sound.
- wumaa — World United Martial Arts Alliance
- yuman — a family of languages including the language shared by the Yuma and Mohave Indians and several other languages of the lower valley of the Colorado River.
- yummo — tasty; delicious
- yummy — very pleasing to the senses, especially to the taste; delicious: The waiter brought out a tray of yummy desserts.
- yumpy — Yumpie.
- zumba — Zumba is an exercise programme that uses Latin-American music and dance steps.