(chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
(shortening, Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).
verb
(transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
ammu
amou
amur
amur
noun
Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.
amus
amus
noun
plural of amu
arum
arum
noun
A flower or plant in the genus Arum
atum
atum
Proper noun
The creator god of Heliopolis, the original source of all matter, associated with the evening sun.
axum
baum
caum
duma
duma
noun
A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
A drink mixing wine and vodka.
gaum
gaum
noun
(Appalachia and other dialects, rare) Grime.
(India, archaic) A village.
(UK, dialectal, rare) Heed; attention.
(dialectal, rare) A bit, a small amount.
(rare, dialectal or colloquial) A useless person.
verb
(US and UK, dialects, chiefly Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear.
(dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider.
Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).
guam
haum
haum
noun
Alternative form of haulm (a stalk)
huma
mahu
mahu
noun
(Hawaii) A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti.
(Hawaii, slang, derogatory) A gay person; homosexual.
maku
manu
manu
noun
(New Zealand, diving) A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
maru
maru
noun
(colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
(prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.
A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
masu
masu
noun
A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.
A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
maud
maud
noun
A grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland and Northumbria.
maui
mauk
maul
maul
noun
(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
verb
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
(transitive) To beat with a maul.
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
maun
maun
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To have to; must.
maut
maux
muga
muga
noun
A type of wild silk found in Assam.
muna
mura
mura
noun
(business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when inventory is required but not immediately available.
Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
musa
muta
naum
numa
puma
puma
noun
(by extension) Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
(slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
quam
saum
saum
noun
(Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
(ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.