9-letter words containing um
- dumb down — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dumb-bell — A dumb-bell is a short bar with weights on either side which people use for physical exercise to strengthen their arm and shoulder muscles.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb-dumb — a silly, stupid person.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dumbass's — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbbells — Plural form of dumbbell.
- dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumminess — the condition of being one who contributes nothing or has no comment to make on proceedings
- dummkopfs — Plural form of dummkopf.
- dummy run — trial or practice
- dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
- dumpishly — in a downhearted and despondent manner
- dumplings — Plural form of dumpling.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dumptruck — a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- ecumenics — the study of the Christian church in its aspect as a worldwide Christian community.
- ecumenism — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- ecumenist — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- edumacate — (humorous) deliberate misspelling of educate.
- effluvium — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- emolument — A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- empyreuma — the smell and taste associated with burning vegetable and animal matter
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- encumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber.
- endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
- energumen — A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
- enumerate — Mention (a number of things ) one by one.
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
- epimysium — A sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle.
- equisetum — A plant of a genus that comprises the horsetails.
- eulogiums — Plural form of eulogium.
- eumelanin — a form of melanin found in human skin and hair, more common in people with dark skin
- eumenides — another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- exonumist — a collector of exonumia
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- fastigium — the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
- feed pump — A feed pump is a pump that moves a fluid such as a fuel at a controlled rate.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.