| ALUM | • alum n. An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning… • alum n. (Chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly… • alum v. (Transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. |
| AMUS | • amus n. Plural of amu. • AMUs n. Plural of AMU. • AMU n. a unit of mass. |
| ARUM | • arum n. A flower or plant in the genus Arum. • Arum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – found in central Europe and the Mediterranean, such as… • ARUM n. a perennial plant of the cuckoo pint or wake-robin genus. |
| CAUM | • CAUM v. (Scots) to whiten with camstone, also CAM. |
| DUMA | • duma n. A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower… • duma n. A drink mixing wine and vodka. • Duma prop.n. A surname. |
| GAUM | • gaum n. (UK, dialectal, rare) Heed; attention. • gaum v. (Dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider. • gaum v. (US and UK, dialects, chiefly Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear. |
| HUMA | • HUMA n. (Urdu) a mythical bird similar to the phoenix, supposed to bring luck to any person over whom it hovers on its restless flights. |
| LUMA | • luma n. (Numismatics) A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram. • luma n. The brightness in an image, as opposed to the saturation or chroma. • Luma prop.n. A surname. |
| MASU | • masu n. A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska. • masu n. A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period. • masu n. Masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou). |
| MAUD | • maud n. A grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland and Northumbria. • Maud prop.n. A female given name from the Germanic languages. • Maud prop.n. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9247). |
| MAUL | • maul n. A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. • maul n. (Rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more… • maul v. To handle someone or something in a rough way. |
| MAUN | • maun v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To have to; must. • MAUN v. (dialect) must. |
| MAUT | • MAUT n. (Scots) malt. |
| MURA | • mura n. Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device. • mura n. (Business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when inventory… • Mura prop.n. One of the statistical regions of Slovenia. |
| NAMU | • NAMU n. (Maori) a black New Zealand sandfly. |
| OUMA | • OUMA n. (South African) a grandmother, also OMA. |
| PUMA | • puma n. A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor). • puma n. (By extension) Any feline belonging to the genus Puma. • puma n. (Slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar. |
| UMMA | • umma n. Alternative spelling of ummah. • uMMA n. Initialism of urinary methylmalonic acid: a test for vitamin B12 deficiency. • UMMA n. (Arabic) the body of Muslim believers considered as one community, also UMMAH. |
| UMRA | • 'umra n. (Islam) A minor hajj, a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, other than at the time of the hajj. • UMRA n. a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca made separately or at the same time as the hajj, and consisting of a number of devotional rituals performed within the city, also UMRAH. |