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9-letter words containing m, o, u, n

  • mangetout — A vegetable pea eaten when immature.
  • manoeuver — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
  • manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • mass noun — a noun, as water, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural.
  • mauna loa — an active volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,680 feet (4170 meters).
  • mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
  • meandrous — meandering; winding; rambling.
  • meiofauna — Minute interstitial animals living in soil and aquatic sediments.
  • melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
  • melungeon — a member of a people of mixed white, black, and American Indian ancestry living in the southern Appalachians.
  • menoeceus — a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
  • menoetius — a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
  • menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
  • micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
  • midground — The point between foreground and background in an image.
  • minacious — menacing; threatening.
  • minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
  • minutiose — attentive to very small details
  • misbutton — (transitive) To button wrongly.
  • miscounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscount.
  • moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
  • mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
  • molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
  • molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
  • momentous — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
  • momentums — Plural form of momentum.
  • monecious — monoecious.
  • monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
  • monocoque — a type of boat, aircraft, or rocket construction in which the shell carries most of the stresses.
  • monocular — having only one eye.
  • monohulls — Plural form of monohull.
  • monoicous — Alternative form of monoecious.
  • monologue — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
  • monopulse — a radar transmitting a single pulse only
  • monsieurs — Plural form of monsieur.
  • monstrous — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
  • montauban — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.
  • montezuma — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
  • monticule — a subordinate volcanic cone.
  • montlucon — a city in central France.
  • montreuil — a suburb of Paris, in N France.
  • monuments — Plural form of monument.
  • moonquake — a seismic vibration of the moon's surface.
  • mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
  • moundbird — megapode.
  • moundsman — pitcher2 (def 2).
  • mount isa — a city in NE Australia in NW Queensland: mining of copper and other minerals. Pop: 20 525 (2001)
  • mountable — Able to be mounted.
  • mountains — Plural form of mountain.
  • mountainy — living in, located in, or related to mountains
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