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9-letter words containing a, m, u, n

  • neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
  • new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
  • non-human — Non-human means not human or not produced by humans.
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • nonmanual — not manual, esp involving mental or mechanical work rather than physical labour
  • nonmature — not mature; immature
  • nonmutant — a person or thing that has not mutated
  • nonmutual — not mutual
  • novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
  • novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
  • numantian — of or relating to Numantia or its inhabitants
  • numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
  • numeraire — a basic standard by which values are measured, as gold in the monetary system.
  • numerally — According to number; in number; numerically.
  • numerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
  • numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
  • numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
  • numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
  • nummulary — relating to coinage or money
  • nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
  • nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
  • nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
  • obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
  • oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
  • ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • outmanage — (transitive) To surpass in management; to manage better than.
  • outmanned — Simple past tense and past participle of outman.
  • outmantle — to be better dressed than
  • ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
  • overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
  • pampeluna — Pamplona.
  • pan-human — of, relating to, or affecting all humanity.
  • panmunjom — a small community along the boundary between North Korea and South Korea: site of the truce talks at the close of the Korean War.
  • paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
  • paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
  • penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
  • penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
  • per annum — by the year; yearly.
  • ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
  • pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
  • pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
  • pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
  • prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
  • pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
  • pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
  • punctatim — point for point.
  • quadruman — a monkey or ape with all four feet specialized for use as hands
  • quarryman — a person who quarries stone; quarrier.
  • quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
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