8-letter words containing um
- umbrated — drawn in a faint or shaded manner
- umbratic — of or relating to the shade or shadows
- umbrella — a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
- umbrette — hammerhead (def 3).
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- umpirage — the office or authority of an umpire.
- umquhile — (esp of a person now dead) former or previous
- umteenth — of an indefinitely large number in succession: He was the umpteenth person to arrive.
- unnumbed — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- unsummed — not calculated or summed; uncounted or summed up
- ununbium — copernicium.
- urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- usumbura — former name of Bujumbura.
- vacuumed — a space entirely devoid of matter.
- vanadium — a rare element occurring in certain minerals and obtained as a light-gray powder with a silvery luster or as a ductile metal: used as an ingredient of steel to toughen it and increase its shock resistance. Symbol: V; atomic weight: 50.942; atomic number: 23; specific gravity: 5.96.
- variorum — containing different versions of the text by various editors: a variorum edition of Shakespeare.
- vasculum — a kind of case or box used by botanists for carrying specimens as they are collected.
- velarium — an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
- venidium — any composite flowering plant of the S African genus Venidium
- veratrum — any poisonous herb of N American genus Veratrum
- vexillum — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
- viaticum — Ecclesiastical. the Eucharist or Communion as given to a person dying or in danger of death.
- viburnum — any of numerous shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Viburnum, of the honeysuckle family, certain species of which, as the cranberry bush, V. opulus, or snowball, are cultivated for ornament.
- videndum — the thing which is to be seen
- vinculum — a bond signifying union or unity; tie.
- vivarium — a place, such as a laboratory, where live animals or plants are kept under conditions simulating their natural environment, as for research.
- volumist — an author or someone who produces a volume
- volumize — to include in a volume
- windpump — A structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation.
- wine gum — any of a variety of gumdrops coloured and flavoured to suggest types of wines but containing no alcohol
- wulumuqi — Ürümqi.
- yumberry — the purple-red edible fruit of an E Asian tree
- yummiest — Superlative form of yummy.
- zero-sum — of or denoting a system in which the sum of the gains equals the sum of the losses: a zero-sum economy.
- zerumbet — (archaic) The rhizome of Zingiber zerumbet, a Javanese plant resembling ginger.
- zooecium — a part of a polyzoan colony that houses the feeding zooids
- zumology — (dated, 19th century) alternative spelling of zymology.