These are the meanings of the letters UEMTPP when you unscramble them.
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Mute (v. t.)
To cast off; to molt.
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Mute (v. t. & i.)
To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
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Mute (n.)
The dung of birds.
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Mute (a.)
Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
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Mute (a.)
Incapable of speaking; dumb.
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Mute (a.)
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
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Mute (a.)
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
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Mute (n.)
One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
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Mute (n.)
One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
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Mute (n.)
A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
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Mute (n.)
A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
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Mute (n.)
Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
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Mute (n.)
A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
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Mute (n.)
A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
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Pump (n.)
A low shoe with a thin sole.
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Pump (n.)
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.
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Pump (v. t.)
To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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Pump (v. t.)
To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
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Pump (v. t.)
Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
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Pump (v. i.)
To work, or raise water, a pump.
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Tump (n.)
A little hillock; a knoll.
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Tump (v. t.)
To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.
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Tump (v. t.)
To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.