10-letter words containing m, c, n, u
- mint sauce — Mint sauce is a sauce made from mint leaves, vinegar, and sugar, which is often eaten with lamb.
- minus tick — downtick (def 2).
- minuscules — Plural form of minuscule.
- miscanthus — any tall perennial bamboo-like grass of the genus Miscanthus, native from southern Africa to SE Asia and cultivated for ornament in temperate regions
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- monocerous — having one horn on the head
- monocoques — Plural form of monocoque.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- monoecious — Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
- monotocous — (of certain animals) producing a single offspring at a birth
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something
- moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- mucedinous — of or resembling mold or mildew.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
- multichain — comprising or involving several chains, esp (in chemistry) of a linear polymer
- multigenic — controlled by several genes; polygenic
- munchausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- munificent — extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
- munifience — a fortification
- muscadines — Plural form of muscadine.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- muscle man — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- muscle-man — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- muttonchop — A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- mycogenous — arising from or inhabiting fungi.
- naumachiae — Plural form of naumachia.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nucleosome — any of the repeating subunits of chromatin occurring at intervals along a strand of DNA, consisting of DNA coiled around histone.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nummulitic — Of or pertaining to nummulites.
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- omniscious — (obsolete) omniscient; all-knowing.
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- per centum — percent (def 1).
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- principium — a principle.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.