7-letter words containing um
- dummies — Plural form of dummy.
- dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dumpbin — a free-standing unit in a bookshop in which the books of a particular publisher are displayed
- dumpers — Plural form of dumper.
- dumpier — Comparative form of dumpy.
- dumping — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dumpish — depressed; sad.
- duumvir — one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function.
- eardrum — a membrane in the ear canal between the external ear and the middle ear; tympanic membrane.
- ecumene — (obsolete) All known inhabited areas of the world.
- elogium — A eulogy.
- eluvium — Residual deposits of soil, dust and rock particles produced by the action of the wind.
- elysium — Greek mythology; also Elysian Fields
- elytrum — Alt form elytron.
- emplume — to adorn with a plume
- enrheum — to pass a cold on to
- erodium — (botany) Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
- erratum — An error in printing or writing.
- erzurum — a city in E Turkey: a strategic centre; scene of two major battles against Russian forces (1877 and 1916); important military base. Pop: 436 000 (2005 est)
- exhumed — Simple past tense and past participle of exhume.
- exhumer — One who exhumes.
- exhumes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhume.
- exuvium — something that is cast off, such as the exoskeleton of an animal
- fa ngum — 1316–74, founder and first king of Lan Xang (1354–73), a kingdom that included the present-day republic of Laos; abdicated
- factums — Plural form of factum.
- fermium — a transuranic element. Symbol: Fm; atomic number: 100.
- fluming — a deep narrow defile containing a mountain stream or torrent.
- flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- flumped — Simple past tense and past participle of flump.
- foumart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fraenum — frenum.
- frumple — a wrinkle or crease
- frustum — the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- fulcrum — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- fumaria — Plural form of fumarium.
- fumaric — of or derived from fumaric acid.
- fumbled — Use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.
- fumbler — Agent noun of fumble; one who fumbles.
- fumbles — Plural form of fumble.
- fumetto — A speech bubble.
- fumeuse — a chair of the 18th century, having a crest rail incorporating a place for pipes and tobacco.
- fumming — Present participle of fum.
- fumulus — A very thin cloud resembling a veil, especially one formed of water droplets from a rising plume (from a cooling tower etc).
- gallium — a rare, steel-gray, trivalent metallic element used in high-temperature thermometers because of its high boiling point (1983°C) and low melting point (30°C). Symbol: Ga; atomic weight: 69.72; atomic number: 31; specific gravity: 5.91 at 20°C.
- galumph — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- gazumps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gazump.
- glummer — Comparative form of glum.
- glumped — Simple past tense and past participle of glump.
- gnumacs — /gnoo'maks/ [contraction of "GNU Emacs"] Often-heard abbreviated name for the GNU project's flagship tool, Emacs. Used especially in contrast with GOSMACS.
- grassum — a lump sum paid when first taking up a lease, in addition to regular rent