11-letter words containing ump
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
- rear bumper — the bar at the back of a vehicle which protects it if it bumps into something
- rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
- rumgumption — good sense
- rumpus room — a recreation room, especially one for children, as in a house.
- rumpy-pumpy — sexual intercourse
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
- ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- sodium pump — an energy-consuming mechanism in cell membranes that transports sodium ions across the membrane, in exchange for potassium ions or other substances.
- static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- subsumption — an act of subsuming.
- sumptuously — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- triple jump — a jumping event for distance in which a participant leaps on one foot from a takeoff point, lands on the same foot, steps forward on the other foot, leaps, and lands on both feet.
- trumpet leg — a turned leg that flares upward and outward from a narrow lower end.
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
- tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
- tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- umpty-umpth — umpteenth.
- vacuum pump — a pump or device by which a partial vacuum can be produced.
- with a bump — If someone comes down to earth with a bump, they suddenly start recognizing unpleasant facts after a period of time when they have not been doing this.
- wobble pump — an auxiliary hand pump for supplying fuel to the carburetor of an aircraft engine when the automatic pumping mechanism fails.