11-letter words containing c, o, n, u, r
- knock rummy — a variety of rummy for two to six players, in which a player can end a game by laying down a hand with any number of points in cards not included in sets.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- macromutant — undergoing macromutation.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- manufactory — a factory.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- micturition — the act of passing urine; urination.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- 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.
- mutton corn — sweet corn, especially when ripe and ready for eating on the cob.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- nocturnally — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-accrued — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- non-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- non-corrupt — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- non-current — passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current month.
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- non-nuclear — not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
- noncellular — not composed of or containing cells: Cytoplasm is noncellular.
- noncircular — lacking a circular shape