9-letter words containing m, o, n, c, u
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- gynoecium — the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- menoeceus — a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- miscounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscount.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- monecious — monoecious.
- monocoque — a type of boat, aircraft, or rocket construction in which the shell carries most of the stresses.
- monocular — having only one eye.
- monoicous — Alternative form of monoecious.
- monticule — a subordinate volcanic cone.
- montlucon — a city in central France.
- mucinogen — any of a group of substances from which mucins are derived
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- munch out — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- neckmould — (architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
- nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- oncomouse — a mouse bred for cancer treatment research
- otoconium — (anatomy) An otolith or statolith.
- outcoming — That comes out.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- uncle tom — a black person, especially a man, considered by other black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people.
- uncombine — to break apart; separate; disunite
- unconform — dissimilar or not conformed to
- unwelcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- zirconium — a metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically: used in steel metallurgy, as a scavenger, as a refractory, and as an opacifier in vitreous enamels. Symbol: Zr; atomic weight: 91.22; atomic number: 40; specific gravity: 6.49 at 20°C.