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8-letter words containing um

  • sumpweed — a herbaceous, oily, annual plant, Iva annua, native to North America and once cultivated for its edible seeds
  • supremum — least upper bound.
  • syconium — a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
  • t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
  • t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
  • tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
  • tantalum — a gray, hard, rare, metallic element occurring in columbite and tantalite and usually associated with niobium: used, because of its resistance to corrosion by most acids, for chemical, dental, and surgical instruments and apparatus. Symbol: Ta; atomic weight: 180.948; atomic number: 73; specific gravity: 16.6.
  • tarentum — ancient name of Taranto.
  • tecumseh — 1768?–1813, American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe.
  • teetotum — any small top spun with the fingers.
  • tegument — a covering or vestment; integument.
  • tenendum — the part of a deed that specifies the terms of tenure
  • testatum — a part of a purchase deed
  • thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
  • the drum — the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone) the drum)
  • the hump — a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)
  • the lump — self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
  • thumbing — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbkin — thumbscrew (def 2).
  • thumbnut — wing nut.
  • thumbpot — a tiny flowerpot
  • thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
  • tillicum — (in the Pacific Northwest) a friend
  • titanium — a dark-gray or silvery, lustrous, very hard, light, corrosion-resistant, metallic element, occurring combined in various minerals: used in metallurgy to remove oxygen and nitrogen from steel and to toughen it. Symbol: Ti; atomic weight: 47.90; atomic number: 22; specific gravity: 4.5 at 20°C.
  • tomentum — pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
  • transume — to make an official transcription of
  • trigonum — trigone.
  • trillium — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
  • triticum — any annual cereal grass of the genus Triticum, which includes the wheats
  • triumvir — Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.
  • tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
  • trumbull — John, 1756–1843, U.S. painter (son of Jonathan Trumbull).
  • trump up — Cards. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
  • trumpery — something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
  • trumpets — a showy pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava, of the southeastern U.S., having prominently veined, crimson-throated, yellow-green leaves and yellow flowers from 2 to 4 inches (5.1 to 10.2 cm) wide.
  • trumping — a trumpet.
  • trumpism — the policies advocated by Donald Trump, especially those involving a rejection of the current political establishment and the vigorous pursuit of American national interests
  • tsutsumu — the Japanese art of wrapping objects or gifts
  • tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
  • tumorous — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
  • tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
  • tumulose — having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.
  • tumulous — having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.
  • tusculum — an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.
  • tympanum — Anatomy, Zoology. middle ear. tympanic membrane.
  • umangite — a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, having a dark blue or red colour and metallic lustre
  • umar tal — ?1797–1864, African religious and military leader, who created a Muslim empire in W Africa
  • umbelled — having or arranged in umbels
  • umbellet — an umbellule.
  • umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.
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