(US, chiefly Southern US) Any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.

One of the languages spoken by the Sami people, now moribund.

plural of no-see-um

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. / Generally, anything that provides protection. / Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.

(transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella. / (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella. / (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.

(linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.

(transitive) To place an umlaut over (a vowel). / (linguistics, transitive) To modify (a word) so that an umlaut is required in it.

One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

An umlaut over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band (as in "Motörhead", "Queensrÿche" and "Mötley Crüe"), added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.

A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides. / Alternative form of umbrere / A grayling.