7-letter words containing n, i, u
- murrain — Veterinary Pathology. any of various diseases of cattle, as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and Texas fever.
- mushing — a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.
- musigny — a dry, red wine of the Burgundy region in France.
- musimon — Alternative form of mouflon.
- musings — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- mussing — Present participle of muss.
- musting — to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
- muzzing — to study intensely; grind.
- naibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- nail up — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- naipaul — V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) born 1932, English novelist and nonfiction writer, born in Trinidad.
- nanduti — a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- natrium — (formerly) sodium.
- nauplii — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- nautili — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- netbeui — NetBIOS Extended User Interface. The network transport protocol used by all of Microsoft's network systems and IBM's LAN Server based systems. NetBEUI is often confused with NetBIOS. NetBIOS is the applications programming interface and NetBEUI is the transport protocol.
- neuilly — a suburb of Paris, in N France: treaty of peace (1919) between the Allies and Bulgaria. 66,095.
- neurine — a poisonous organic alkaloid, CH2=CHN(CH3)3OH, once thought to be identical with choline
- neurism — one of the three 'vital forces', namely nerve-force
- neurite — any projection from the body of a nerve cell (neuron), whether an axon or a dendrite
- neuroid — either of the halves of a neural arch
- neustic — the part of a sentence which differs with the mood of the sentence
- niebuhr — Barthold Georg [bahr-tawlt gey-awrk] /ˈbɑr tɔlt geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1776–1831, German historian.
- nimious — great, extravagant, considerable
- ninurta — a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- niobium — a steel-gray metallic element resembling tantalum in its chemical properties; becomes a superconductor below 9 K; used chiefly in alloy steels. Symbol: Nb; atomic number: 41; atomic weight: 92.906; specific gravity: 8.4 at 20°C.
- niobous — Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- nipmuck — a member of an Algonquian Indian people living in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.
- nitrous — pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- niveous — resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
- noctuid — Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- noguchi — Hideyo [hee-de-yaw] /ˈhi dɛˌyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1928, Japanese physician and bacteriologist in the U.S.
- nonsuit — a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- noricum — an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- nourice — a nurse.
- nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- noxious — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- nubbier — Comparative form of nubby.
- nubbing — the act of hanging (a criminal)
- nubbins — a small lump or stunted piece; stub.
- nubiles — Plural form of nubile.
- nucelli — Plural form of nucellus.
- nucleic — Referring to the nucleus of something. (As nucleic acids are found in the nucleus of cells.).
- nuclein — (biochemistry) A phosphorus-rich protein found in the nucleus of a cell, later specifically nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine; also, any similar compound present in the cell nucleus. (from 19th c.).
- nuclide — an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.
- nudging — to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- nudists — Plural form of nudist.
- nudnick — Alt form nudnik.
- nudniks — Plural form of nudnik.