8-letter words containing m, a, u, n
- maulmain — Moulmein.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mean sun — an imaginary sun moving uniformly in the celestial equator and taking the same time to make its annual circuit as the true sun does in the ecliptic.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- menelaus — Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- minutiae — Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.
- minutial — having the nature of minutiae, or relating to minutiae
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monaural — monophonic (def 2).
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- mountain — heap of sth
- mountant — an adhesive used for mounting pictures
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- mud tank — A mud tank is a large treatment and storage tank for cleaned mud.
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- mundanes — Plural form of mundane.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murmansk — an ice-free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- mustangs — Plural form of mustang.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- mutandum — a thing which is to be changed
- mutating — to change; alter.
- mutation — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- my aunt! — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naumachy — naumachia.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- nonhuman — not human.
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- noumenal — ontic.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- numantia — an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.