9-letter words containing c, o, u, n, i
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- currijong — kurrajong.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- discounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discount.
- doronicum — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, comprising the leopard's-banes.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- eductions — Plural form of eduction.
- elocution — The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.
- emunction — The act of blowing one's nose.
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- exclusion — The process or state of excluding or being excluded.
- excursion — A short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity.
- excussion — The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.
- execution — The carrying out or putting into effect of a plan, order, or course of action.
- exsuction — The act of sucking out.
- flouncing — a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
- focusings — Plural form of focusing.
- focussing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fonticuli — fontanelles
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- functions — Plural form of function.
- furcation — forked; branching.
- grouching — Present participle of grouch.
- gynoecium — the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in colour — If a film or television programme is in colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.
- incaution — lack of caution; heedlessness; carelessness.
- incestous — Misspelling of incestuous.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- inclusion — the act of including.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.