8-letter words containing um
- simpulum — an ancient dipper having the rim of the bowl at right angles to the handle.
- simulium — a blood-sucking, tropical fly of the genus Simulium
- ski jump — a snow-covered chute or slide at the side of a hill or built up on top of the hill, the base of the chute having a horizontal ramp that enables a skier to speed down the chute, take off at the end of the ramp, and land further down the hill.
- slumbery — slumberous.
- slumlord — a landlord who owns slum buildings, especially one who fails to maintain or improve the buildings and charges tenants exorbitant rents.
- slumming — Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slummock — to move heavily and awkwardly
- slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- snow gum — any of various eucalyptus trees that grow at high altitude, esp Eucalyptus pauciflora
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sour gum — a cornaceous tree, Nyssa sylvatica, of the eastern US, having glossy leaves, soft wood, and sour purplish fruits
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- speculum — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- spiculum — a small, needlelike body, part, process, or the like.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- strummed — to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
- strummel — straw
- strummer — to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
- strumose — having a struma or strumae.
- strumous — strumose.
- strumpet — a prostitute; harlot.
- stumbled — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stumbles — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stump up — pay: cash for sth
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- stumpily — in a stumpy manner
- stumping — 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.
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- subhumid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subilium — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- subsumed — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- sudarium — (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- sumatran — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- summable — capable of being added.
- summated — to add together; total; sum up.
- summerly — summerlike; summery.
- summited — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- summitry — the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations.
- summoned — to call upon to do something specified.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- sump oil — the waste oil from engines
- sumphish — stupid, sulky