7-letter words containing n, i, u
- idumean — Greek name of Edom.
- igneous — Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- iguanas — Plural form of iguana.
- iguanid — any of numerous lizards of the family Iguanidae, of the New World, Madagascar, and several islands of the South Pacific, comprising terrestrial, semiaquatic, and arboreal species typically with a long tail and, in the male, a bright throat patch, including the anoles, collared lizards, earless lizards, horned lizards, and iguanas.
- imbuing — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- immuned — Simple past tense and past participle of immune.
- immuno- — indicating immunity or immune
- impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- impugns — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- in bulk — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- in curl — curled
- in full — completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup.
- in lieu — place; stead.
- in luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- in situ — in the original place
- in true — properly set, adjusted, aligned, etc.; exact
- in tune — instrument: correctly tuned
- in turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- inbound — Throw (the ball) from out of bounds, putting it into play.
- inbuild — Something built-in, structure, a construct.
- inbuilt — built-in (def 2).
- inburst — an irruption
- include — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
- incluse — recluse (def 2).
- inconnu — a person who is unknown; stranger.
- incrust — to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- incudal — Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
- incudes — a plural of incus.
- incurve — Curve inward.
- incused — Simple past tense and past participle of incuse.
- incuses — Plural form of incuse.
- induced — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inducer — Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- induces — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inducts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of induct.
- induing — Present participle of indue.
- indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indusia — Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
- inequal — Not equal.
- infauna — the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- infaust — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.
- infimum — greatest lower bound
- infulae — one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- infused — Simple past tense and past participle of infuse.
- infuser — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- infuses — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- ingenue — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- ingenui — (legal) In civil law, a class of freemen who were born free. They were distinguished from the class known as liberti or libertini who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom.
- ingroup — (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.