8-letter words containing a, u, n
- autumnal — Autumnal means having features that are characteristic of autumn.
- autunite — a yellowish fluorescent radioactive mineral consisting of a hydrated calcium uranium phosphate in tetragonal crystalline form. It is found in uranium ores. Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2.10–12H2O
- auvergne — a region of S central France: largely mountainous, rising over 1800 m (6000 ft)
- aventure — (obsolete) Accident; chance; adventure.
- avernus' — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- avifauna — all the birds in a particular region
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- back run — a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
- backburn — to clear (an area of scrub, bush, etc) by creating a new fire that burns in the opposite direction to the line of advancing fire
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- balbuena — Bernardo de [ber-nahr-doh duh;; Spanish ber-nahr-th aw th e] /bərˈnɑr doʊ də;; Spanish bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1568–1627, Mexican poet and priest, born in Spain.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bandeaux — Plural form of bandeau.
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- banlieue — a suburb of a city
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- bat turn — a sharp and sudden change in an aircraft's heading.
- bath bun — a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit
- baudekin — baldachin
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- bauhinia — any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- belaunde — Fernando [fer-nahn-daw] /fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fernando Belaúnde Terry) 1913?–2002, Peruvian architect and statesman: president 1963–68, 1980–85.
- benguela — a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)
- biannual — A biannual event happens twice a year.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bimanual — using or requiring both hands
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- blackmun — Harry Andrew1908-99; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1970-94)
- blanquet — a variety of French pear
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- blumenau — a city in Santa Catarina state, S Brazil.
- bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- brain up — to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated
- bran tub — (in Britain) a tub containing bran in which small wrapped gifts are hidden, used at parties, fairs, etc
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- brugmann — (Friedrich) Karl [free-drik kahrl;; German free-drikh kahrl] /ˈfri drɪk kɑrl;; German ˈfri drɪx kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1849–1919, German philologist.