20 Words That Contain mn

20 Words That Contain mn 20 Words That Contain â€Å"mn† 20 Words That Contain â€Å"mn† By Mark Nichol While looking stuff up, I became curious about how many words include the unusual pairing of m and n, and I discovered more than I had expected. Many more than twenty exist, but I’ve listed only that number (along with their definitions), choosing to exclude several categories of words. (See below for details.) Words ultimately derive from Latin by way of an earlier form of English or French unless otherwise indicated. 1. alumnus: a former student of a particular school (from a Latin root word meaning â€Å"to nourish†) 2. amnesia: loss of memory, a gap in memory, or, informally, selective memory (from a Greek word meaning â€Å"forgetfulness†) 3. amnesty: pardon or freedom for a group of people (related to amnesia) 4. amnion: a membrane around an embryo or fetus (best known in the adjectival form amniotic) (from the Greek word for â€Å"lamb†) 5. autumn: the season also known as fall, or a late stage of life or existence 6. calumny: slander 7. chimney: the part of a building that includes one or more flues for discharging smoke, or a similar-looking rock formation 8. column: a long vertical building support, a similar-looking structure, a vertical arrangement of text, a statistical category, or a long row of marching people 9. condemn: convict, doom, or sentence, or declare something wrong (the root word is related to damn) 10. contemn: treat with contempt 11. damn: condemn, or send to hell, or used as an oath or an intensifier 12. gymnast: an athlete who competes in exercise routines on a floor mat or on specialized equipment (from Greek) 13. hymn: a religious song (ultimately from Greek) 14. insomnia: inability to sleep 15. limn: describe, delineate, draw, or paint 16. mnemonic: relating to memory, or intended to assist in memory (from Greek) 17. omnibus: a large passenger vehicle (the full word from which bus is derived), or an anthology 18. remnant: a part left over from a whole 19. solemn: sad and or serious, or sincere 20. somnolent: sleepy, or causing one to feel sleepy (related to insomnia) I’ve excluded the following categories of words: variations and inflectional endings, the dozen other words beginning with the prefix omni-, the nine words that end with m followed by the suffix -ness (such as calmness), obsolete words, proper names like the Native American place name Tuolumne, and obscure, little-used terms like simnel (referring to a crisp bread or a fruitcake) that no one but a serious Scrabble competitor would know. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Vocabulary category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:When to Capitalize Animal and Plant NamesStory Writing 101Neither... or?