10-letter words containing a, n, u, r
- martinique — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mauritania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- memorandum — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- menstruant — A woman who is menstruating.
- menstruate — to undergo menstruation.
- mensurable — measurable.
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- missourian — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- monandrous — of, relating to, or characterized by monandry.
- monaurally — In a monaural fashion.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multirange — having several ranges
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- naive user — A luser. Tends to imply someone who is ignorant mainly owing to inexperience. When this is applied to someone who *has* experience, there is a definite implication of stupidity.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- nat turner — Frederick Jackson, 1861–1932, U.S. historian.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naturality — The condition of being natural; nature, naturalness.
- naturalize — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.