11-letter words containing a, n, o, u, c
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- manducation — The act of eating.
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- manuduction — the act of directing or guiding.
- manufactory — a factory.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- mountenance — a quantity, amount, duration, or value
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- mud volcano — a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- muonic atom — an atom in which an orbiting electron has been replaced by a muon
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nocturnally — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-accrued — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- non-aquatic — of, in, or pertaining to water.
- non-nuclear — not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
- non-vacuous — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- noncellular — not composed of or containing cells: Cytoplasm is noncellular.
- noncircular — lacking a circular shape
- nonculinary — not culinary, not relating to cookery or the kitchen
- noncultural — not cultural
- nonjudicial — Not resulting from a court ruling or judgment.
- nonmusician — a person who is not a musician
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- noun clause — a subordinate clause that functions as a noun within a main clause.
- nova iguacu — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- now account — Banking. a savings account against which checks can be written.
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- nucleolated — containing a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleosomal — Of or pertaining to a nucleosome.
- nuncupation — the action of stating or asseverating an oath or pledge in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
- nyctanthous — (of plants) flowering at night