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11-letter words containing e, n, t, o, u

  • montesquieu — (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu) 1689–1755, French philosophical writer.
  • monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
  • most-centum — belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian.
  • most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
  • motoneurons — Plural form of motoneuron.
  • motorneuron — Alternative spelling of motor neuron.
  • mount elgon — an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border. Height: 4321m (14 178 ft)
  • mount kenya — an extinct volcano in central Kenya: the second highest mountain in Africa; girth at 2400 m (8000 ft) is about 150 km (95 miles). The regions above 3200 m (10 500 ft) constitute Mount Kenya National Park. Height: 5199 m (17 058 ft)
  • mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
  • mount pelée — a volcano in the Caribbean, in N Martinique: erupted in 1902, killing every person but one in the town of Saint-Pierre. Height: 1463 m (4800 ft)
  • mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
  • mountaineer — A person who takes part in mountaineering.
  • mountbatten — Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900–79, British naval commander; great-grandson of Queen Victoria. During World War II he was supreme allied commander in SE Asia (1943–46). He was the last viceroy of India (1947) and governor general (1947–48); killed by an IRA bomb
  • mountebanks — Plural form of mountebank.
  • mountenance — a quantity, amount, duration, or value
  • mu-neutrino — muon-neutrino.
  • mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
  • multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • multipotent — having power to produce or influence several effects or results.
  • munitioneer — a munitions-factory worker
  • mutteration — the act of muttering
  • muttonheads — Plural form of muttonhead.
  • necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
  • nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
  • neoadjuvant — (medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
  • neopopulist — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
  • neoptolemus — the son of Achilles, who slew Priam at the fall of Troy.
  • nervuration — the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.
  • neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
  • neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
  • 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.
  • neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
  • neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
  • neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
  • neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
  • neuropteran — neuropterous.
  • neurotensin — A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery.
  • neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
  • neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
  • neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
  • neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
  • neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
  • neurulation — the formation of a neurula.
  • neutron gun — a device used for producing a beam of fast neutrons
  • neutropenia — a decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood: mild, moderate, or severe neutropenia.
  • neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
  • neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
  • neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
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