mum: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of mum
- maximum«Word Popularity Bar5/5
maximum
- noun the largest possible quantity
upper limit.
- noun the greatest possible degree
uttermost; utmost; level best.
- he tried his utmost
- noun the largest possible quantity
- minimum5/5
minimum
- noun the smallest possible quantity
lower limit.
- noun the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
- noun the smallest possible quantity
- optimum4/5
optimum
- noun most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
- adjective satellite most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
optimal.
- an optimum return on capital
- optimal concentration of a drug
- noun most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
- chrysanthemum2/5
chrysanthemum
- noun the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
- noun any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated
- noun the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
- pergamum2/5
pergamum
- noun an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here
- noun an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here
- extremum2/5
extremum
- noun the point located farthest from the middle of something
extreme point; extreme.
- noun the most extreme possible amount or value
peak.
- voltage peak
- noun the point located farthest from the middle of something
- primum2/5
primum
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- summum2/5
summum
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- sesamum1/5
sesamum
- noun tropical African and Indian herbs
genus Sesamum.
- noun tropical African and Indian herbs
- helianthemum1/5
helianthemum
- noun any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
sun rose; sunrose.
- noun any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
- lithospermum1/5
lithospermum
- noun annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia
genus Lithospermum.
- noun annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia
- trachelospermum1/5
trachelospermum
- noun genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems
genus Trachelospermum.
- noun genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems
- ocimum1/5
ocimum
- noun basil
genus Ocimum.
- noun basil
- cinnamomum1/5
cinnamomum
- noun Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
genus Cinnamomum.
- noun Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
- mesembryanthemum1/5
mesembryanthemum
(Bot.) A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and feshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
- leucanthemum1/5
leucanthemum
- noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
genus Leucanthemum.
- noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
- erysimum1/5
erysimum
- noun large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America
genus Erysimum.
- noun large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America
- argyranthemum1/5
argyranthemum
- noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
genus Argyranthemum.
- noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
- maianthemum1/5
maianthemum
- noun sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
genus Maianthemum.
- noun sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
- supremum1/5
- ultimum1/5
- infimum1/5
- amomum1/5
amomum
(Bot.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.
- suboptimum1/5
suboptimum
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- maritimum1/5
maritimum
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- subminimum1/5
- cardamomum1/5
cardamomum
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- simillimum1/5
- simum1/5
simum
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- similimum1/5
- balsamum1/5
balsamum
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Suffixes of mum
- mummy«Word Popularity Bar4/5
mummy
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mommy; mammy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- noun informal terms for a mother
- mumbled4/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- mummies3/5
mummy
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mommy; mammy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- noun informal terms for a mother
- mumbai3/5
mumbai
- noun a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
Bombay.
- noun a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
- mumbling3/5
mumbling
- noun indistinct enunciation
- noun ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
gumming.
- noun indistinct enunciation
- mumble3/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- mumps3/5
mumps
- noun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
epidemic parotitis.
- noun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
- mumford3/5
mumford
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- mums2/5
mum
- noun of China
florists' chrysanthemum; Chrysanthemum morifolium; florist's chrysanthemum; Dendranthema grandifloruom.
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mummy; mommy; mammy; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun of China
- mummification2/5
mummification
- noun a condition resembling that of a mummy
- bureaucratic mummification in red tape
- noun (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
mumification necrosis; cold gangrene; dry gangrene.
- noun a condition resembling that of a mummy
- mummified2/5
mummify
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
- verb remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummers2/5
mummer
- noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
pantomimist; pantomimer; mime; mimer.
- noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
- mumbles2/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- mummery2/5
mummery
- noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
flummery.
- noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
- mumbo2/5
mumbo
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- mummify1/5
mummify
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
- verb remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummifying1/5
mummify
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
- verb remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummer1/5
mummer
- noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
pantomimist; pantomimer; mime; mimer.
- noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
- mumblings1/5
mumbling
- noun indistinct enunciation
- noun ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
gumming.
- noun indistinct enunciation
- mumbler1/5
mumbler
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
murmurer; mutterer.
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
- mummeries1/5
mummery
- noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
flummery.
- noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
- mummichog1/5
mummichog
- noun silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
Fundulus heteroclitus.
- noun silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
- mumming1/5
mum
- noun of China
florists' chrysanthemum; Chrysanthemum morifolium; florist's chrysanthemum; Dendranthema grandifloruom.
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mummy; mommy; mammy; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun of China
- mumm1/5
mumm
To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask. With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.
- mumu1/5
- mumsy1/5
- mumper1/5
mumper
A beggar; a begging impostor. Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay.
- mummied1/5
mummy
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mommy; mammy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- noun informal terms for a mother
- mume1/5
mume
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- mump1/5
mump
To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip. Taylor, 1630.
- mummings1/5
- mummiform1/5
mummiform
Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoölogy, said of the pupæ of certain insects.
Derived words of mum
- chrysanthemums«Word Popularity Bar2/5
chrysanthemum
- noun the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
- noun any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated
- noun the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
- maximums2/5
maximum
- noun the largest possible quantity
upper limit.
- noun the greatest possible degree
uttermost; utmost; level best.
- he tried his utmost
- noun the largest possible quantity
- minimums2/5
minimum
- noun the smallest possible quantity
lower limit.
- noun the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
- noun the smallest possible quantity
- lumumba2/5
- optimums1/5
optimum
- noun most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
- adjective satellite most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
optimal.
- an optimum return on capital
- optimal concentration of a drug
- noun most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `mum`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `mum`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `mum`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `mum`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.