9-letter words containing um
- sumpsimus — adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form (opposed to mumpsimus).
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- sumptuous — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- sweet gum — a tall, aromatic tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the eastern U.S., having star-shaped leaves and fruits in rounded, burlike clusters.
- sympodium — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- symposium — a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience.
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- taraxacum — the dried roots of any of several composite plants of the genus Taraxacum, as the dandelion, T. officinale or T. laevigatum, used in medicine in powdered or fluidextract form chiefly as a tonic and aperient.
- tegmentum — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants
- tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- terrarium — a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
- thalamium — thalamus (def 3).
- thaumatin — a type of natural sweetener derived from an African flowering plant, Thaumatococcus daniellii
- thaumato- — miracle; marvel
- the forum — the main forum of ancient Rome, situated between the Capitoline and the Palatine Hills
- the glums — gloomy feelings
- thingummy — You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them.
- thrumming — to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum.
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- thumbling — an extremely small person; a dwarf
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- thumbs up — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbs-up — an act, instance, or gesture of assent, approval, or the like.
- thumbtack — a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other fairly soft object or surface by the pressure of the thumb.
- tom thumb — a diminutive hero of folk tales.
- tormentum — an ancient Roman catapult- like war weapon
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- traumatic — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- tridentum — ancient name of Trent, Italy.
- triennium — a period of three years.
- trifolium — any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium, having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils
- triforium — (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.
- tripudium — an ancient religious dance
- trisodium — pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- triumphal — of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.
- triumphed — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- trumpeted — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
- trumpeter — a person who plays a trumpet; trumpet player.
- trumpetry — the manner of playing the trumpet: The character of modern trumpetry has changed.
- tub-thump — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- tumble to — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
- tumblebug — any of several dung beetles that roll balls of dung in which they deposit their eggs and in which the young develop.
- tumbleset — a somersault