10-letter words containing m, o, u, n
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- humdudgeon — an imaginary illness
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- huntswomen — Plural form of huntswoman.
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- ignominous — Misspelling of ignominious.
- illuminous — (obsolete) bright; clear.
- imminution — a reduction
- immunoblot — a technique used to transfer a pattern of proteins
- immunogens — Plural form of immunogen.
- immunology — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- immuration — to enclose within walls.
- importuned — Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
- importuner — One who importunes.
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- impounding — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- impulsions — Plural form of impulsion.
- imputation — the act of imputing.
- incognitum — (informal) An American mammoth whose fossilized skeleton was discovered in 1801.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infusorium — (biology) An individual of the infusoria.
- inhumation — to bury; inter.
- innumerous — very numerous.
- insomnious — (archaic) restless; sleepless.
- insulinoma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- involucrum — involucre.
- irrumation — Vigorous oral sex; the active penetration of a mouth with a penis.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- jotunnheim — the home of the giants
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journeyman — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- journeymen — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- jumbo loan — a loan that exceeds the standard maximum amount offered by a financial institution
- jumbotrons — Plural form of jumbotron.
- kahanamoku — Duke Paoa [pah-oh-ah] /pɑˈoʊ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- krummhorns — Plural form of krummhorn.
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
- laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- lemon curd — lemon paste made with eggs and sugar
- lenocinium — tacit encouragement of, or assent to, adultery committed by one's partner
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- lumen-hour — a unit of luminous energy, equal to that emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen. Abbreviation: lm-hr.