10-letter words containing n, o, t, u, r
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- minor suit — diamonds or clubs.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- monestrous — of or relating to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog.
- monsterous — Misspelling of monstrous.
- monstruous — (now rare) Monstrous. (from 15th c.).
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- motoneuron — motor neuron.
- motor unit — a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
- 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.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- 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.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neuromotor — neuromuscular.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- neurotoxin — a neurotoxic substance, as rattlesnake venom or the poison of a black widow spider.
- neurotropy — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neutralino — (physics) Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
- neutronium — (physics) the supposed material composed entirely of neutrons that composes a neutron star.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- never-outs — articles that a supplier, esp a retail store, is 'never out of', i.e. always has in stock
- nitrofuran — A class of drug, derived from furan, used to inhibit bacterial growth.
- no quarter — If you say that someone was given no quarter, you mean that they were not treated kindly by someone who had power or control over them.
- no-trumper — a hand suitable for calling and playing no trumps
- non-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- noncountry — a region, administrative entity, or principality that does not have nation or country status
- noncurrent — Not current.
- nonnatural — Not involving or manifesting natural means or processes.
- nonroutine — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- nonrusting — That does not rust; rustproof.
- nonsupport — failure to support a spouse, child, or other dependent as required by law.
- nontenured — not having tenure.