8-letter words containing a, l, u, n
- nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- nautilus — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- navicula — an incense holder or incense boat
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
- neurally — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuronal — Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- neurulae — Plural form of neurula.
- neurular — of or relating to a neurula
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- nonadult — a person who is not an adult
- nonequal — as great as; the same as (often followed by to or with): The velocity of sound is not equal to that of light.
- nonrural — Not rural.
- noumenal — ontic.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- nu-value — Abbe number.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- nucellar — Of or pertaining to the nucellus.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nucleate — having a nucleus.
- nudicaul — having leafless stems.
- nullable — That may be nullified; nullifiable.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- nummular — pertaining to coins or money; nummary.
- nundinal — any of the letters of the alphabet from A to H that related to the days of the ancient Roman week
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nurtural — relating to, resulting from, or because of nurture
- nutgalls — Plural form of nutgall.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlearn — to exceed in learning
- palenque — a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.
- paludine — marshy
- patulent — patulous
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- paulinus — Saint, died a.d. 644, Roman missionary in England with Augustine: 1st archbishop of York 633–644.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- plaguing — an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
- plainful — sad and mournful
- plan out — organize in detail
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- planuria — an expulsion of urine from an abnormal opening