| BRUMOUS | • brumous adj. (Literary) Foggy or misty; wintry. • BRUMOUS adj. relating to fog. |
| EMULOUS | • emulous adj. Ambitious or competitive. • EMULOUS adj. eager to equal or surpass another. |
| GRUMOUS | • grumous adj. Resembling grume; thick and lumpy; soft and semisolid. • GRUMOUS adj. consisting of clustered grains, also GRUMOSE. |
| GUMMOUS | • gummous adj. Gum-like, or composed of gum; gummy. • gummous adj. Of or pertaining to a gumma. • GUMMOUS adj. gumlike, or composed of gum, also GUMMOSE. |
| HOUMOUS | • houmous n. Alternative spelling of hummus. • HOUMOUS n. (Turkish) a Middle Eastern hors d'oeuvre of pureed chickpea and sesame oil, also HOMMOS, HOUMMOS, HOUMUS, HUMMUS, HUMOUSES. |
| HUMOURS | • humours n. Plural of humour. • humours v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humour. • HUMOUR v. to indulge, also HUMOR. |
| LUCUMOS | • lucumos n. Plural of lucumo. • LUCUMO n. (Latin) an Etruscan prince. |
| MODULUS | • modulus n. (Mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed. • modulus n. (Mathematics) The absolute value of a complex number. • modulus n. (Physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance. |
| OSCULUM | • osculum n. (Chiefly zoology) A small opening or orifice. • osculum n. (Zoology, obsolete) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. • osculum n. (Zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled. |
| OUTSUMS | • outsums v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsum. • OUTSUM v. to outnumber. |
| OUTSWUM | • outswum v. Past participle of outswim. • OUTSWIM v. to swim faster or further than. |
| PLUMOUS | • plumous adj. Alternative form of plumose. • PLUMOUS adj. having feathers or plumes, also PLUMATE, PLUMOSE. |
| QUORUMS | • quorums n. Plural of quorum. • QUORUM n. (Latin) a minimum number of persons necessary for some business. |
| QUOTUMS | • quotums n. Plural of quotum. • QUOTUM n. (Latin) a share, also QUOTA. |
| RUMOURS | • rumours n. Plural of rumour. • rumours v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumour. • RUMOUR v. to spread by hearsay, also RUMOR. |
| SOURGUM | • sourgum n. Alternative spelling of sorghum. • sour␣gum n. Nyssa sylvatica (black tupelo). • sour␣gum n. Nyssa aquatica (water tupelo). |
| SPUMOUS | • spumous adj. Frothy or foamy; spumy. • SPUMOUS adj. spumy, full of spume. |
| TUMOURS | • tumours n. Plural of tumour. • TUMOUR n. an abnormal swelling or enlargement, now esp. a new growth of cells in the body without inflammation, also TUMOR. |
| UMBROUS | • umbrous adj. Of an umber colour. • UMBROUS adj. shade-giving; dusky, also UMBROSE. |