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. |
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. |
CHUM | • chum n. (Dated) A friend; a pal. • chum n. (Dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university. • chum v. (Intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together. |
DOUM | • doum n. The doum palm. • DOUM n. (Arabic) a kind of African palm tree. |
DRUM | • drum n. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming… • drum n. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. • drum n. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. |
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. |
GEUM | • geum n. Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants. • Geum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the avens, low, flowering plants of nearly worldwide distrubution. • GEUM n. (Latin) a plant of the Geum genus of the rose family, aka avens. |
GLUM | • glum adj. Despondent; moody; sullen. • glum v. (Obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. • glum n. (Obsolete) sullenness. |
GRUM | • grum adj. Morose, stern, surly, sullen. • grum adj. Low, deep in the throat; guttural. • GRUM adj. glum, morose. |
NEUM | • neum n. (Music) Alternative form of neume. • Neum prop.n. A town in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. • NEUM n. a sign used in musical notation, also NEUME. |
OVUM | • ovum n. (Cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell. • OVUM n. the female reproductive cell. |
PIUM | • PIUM n. (Tupi) a Brazilian biting fly. |
PLUM | • plum n. The fruit and its tree. • plum n. Extended senses. • plum adj. (Comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour. |
ROUM | • roum n. (Obsolete) A deep blue dye. • ROUM n. (obsolete) a room, also ROWME. |
SCUM | • scum n. (Uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water). • scum n. (Uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds. • scum n. The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank. |
SLUM | • slum n. (Countable) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty. • slum n. (Slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game. • slum v. (Intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one’s own. |
SOUM | • soum n. Alternative form of sowm (“proportion of sheep or cattle for pasture”). • soum v. Alternative form of sowm (“determine the proportion of sheep or cattle for pasture”). • soum n. Plural of som. |
STUM | • stum n. (Obsolete) Unfermented grape juice; must. • stum n. (Obsolete) Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must. • stum v. (Transitive, obsolete) To ferment. |
SWUM | • swum v. Past participle of swim. • swum v. (Archaic, dialectal) simple past tense of swim. • SWIM v. to propel oneself in water. |