8-letter words containing c, o, u, n
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- mungcorn — a mixture of grains, esp wheat and rye
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- noctuoid — a member of the family of moths Noctuidae
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nocturne — a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- noncount — (of a noun) not countable.
- nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.
- nonmusic — any sound that does not constitute music; unpleasant noise
- not much — very little
- notch up — make score marks to count
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- nucleole — Alternative form of nucleolus.
- nucleoli — a conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleons — Plural form of nucleon.
- nuncheon — (now dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
- nuoc mam — a fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
- obnounce — (in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- oncidium — any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color.
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- outcount — (transitive) To surpass in counting; to count higher than.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outfence — to surpass at the sport of fencing
- outpunch — to punch better than
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outscorn — to defy with scorn
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- puncheon — a heavy slab of timber, roughly dressed, for use as a floorboard.
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- re-count — to count again.
- renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- ructions — disturbance
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.