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9-letter words containing e, m, u, n

  • numerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
  • numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
  • numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
  • numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
  • nummuline — relating to a nummulite or a member of the group Nummulitidae or consisting of nummulites
  • nummulite — a fossil foraminifer of the genus Camerina (Nummulites), having a calcareous, usually disklike shell.
  • nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
  • nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
  • nutmegger — a native or inhabitant of Connecticut.
  • nutriment — any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
  • nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
  • oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
  • ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
  • omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
  • oncomouse — a mouse bred for cancer treatment research
  • opium den — 19th-century place of drug taking
  • osmundine — compost made from dried fern roots
  • outmanage — (transitive) To surpass in management; to manage better than.
  • outmanned — Simple past tense and past participle of outman.
  • outmantle — to be better dressed than
  • outnumber — to exceed in number.
  • outremont — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
  • overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
  • overmount — to surmount
  • pampeluna — Pamplona.
  • pentium 2 — Pentium II
  • pentium 3 — Pentium III
  • penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
  • penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
  • per annum — by the year; yearly.
  • plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
  • plumpness — well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
  • pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
  • pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
  • pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
  • pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
  • pneumono- — lung or lungs
  • prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • presuming — presumptuous.
  • primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
  • prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
  • pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
  • pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
  • pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
  • queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
  • quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
  • querimony — a complaint
  • rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
  • rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
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