10-letter words containing m, o, u, n
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mossbunker — the menhaden.
- motoneuron — motor neuron.
- motor unit — a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mount bona — a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5005 m (16 420 ft)
- mount etna — an active volcano in E Sicily: the highest volcano in Europe and the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Height: 3323 m (10 902 ft)
- mount fuji — an extinct volcano in central Japan, in S central Honshu: the highest mountain in Japan, famous for its symmetrical snow-capped cone. Height: 3776 m (12 388 ft)
- mount jaya — a mountain in E Indonesia, in Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) in the Sudirman Range: the highest mountain in New Guinea. Height: 5039 m (16 532 ft)
- mount nebo — a mountain in Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: the highest point of a ridge known as Pisgah, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land just before his death (Deuteronomy 34:1). Height: 802 m (2631 ft)
- mountained — having mountains
- mountebank — A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
- mournfully — In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
- mourningly — In a mourning manner; grievingly.
- mousseline — muslin.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- mouthiness — The property of being mouthy.
- mouvementé — hectic; animated
- mucedinous — of or resembling mold or mildew.
- mudlogging — the process of recording and checking for traces of oil in the mud in a drilling area
- muffin top — a crisp, flat muffin that resembles the top portion of a typical muffin.
- mugho pine — a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.
- multinodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multipoint — (sports) Involving the scoring of multiple points, especially by a particular player.
- multiunion — comprising more than one union
- mummy porn — sexually explicit or pornographic books, photos, videos, etc., that appeal to women, especially middle-aged women.
- mummy-porn — sexually explicit or pornographic books, photos, videos, etc., that appeal to women, especially middle-aged women.
- mundugumor — a member of a Papuan people of Papua New Guinea.
- muni bonds — Muni bonds are bonds issued by local municipal governments on which the interest is often tax-free.
- murder one — first-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
- mush-melon — muskmelon.
- muskmelons — Plural form of muskmelon.
- mutational — Of, pertaining to, or the result of mutation.
- mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- mutinously — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonchop — A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- muttonfish — ocean pout.
- muttonhead — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- mycogenous — arising from or inhabiting fungi.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- neopallium — neocortex.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neurohumor — neurotransmitter
- neuroimage — (transitive) To produce an image of the structure or function of part of the brain.
- neurolemma — (neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
- neuromotor — neuromuscular.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.