9-letter words containing m, a, n, e, u
- mutagenic — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- neurinoma — A schwannoma.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
- nonmature — not mature; immature
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
- numeraire — a basic standard by which values are measured, as gold in the monetary system.
- numerally — According to number; in number; numerically.
- 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.
- nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
- nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
- 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
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- pampeluna — Pamplona.
- 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.
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- 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.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- 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.
- rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
- ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form