10-letter words containing n, u
- cuisiniere — a female cook or chef.
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- culinarian — a person skilled in cookery
- culinarily — of, relating to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cummerbund — A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress.
- cumulating — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cunctation — delay
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- cunningest — Superlative form of cunning.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- cup fungus — any small, often brightly colored mushroom of the family Pezizaceae, characterized by a fruiting body resembling a cup.
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- curb reins — reins attached to a curb bit
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curmurring — a low rumbling or murmuring sound
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- currencies — Plural form of currency.
- cursedness — The state or quality of being cursed.
- curtailing — Present participle of curtail.
- curtain-up — the moment when the curtain is raised and a play or similar show begins
- curtaining — Present participle of curtain.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- curtseying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvetting — Present participle of curvet.
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cussedness — cursed.
- custodians — Plural form of custodian.
- cut no ice — to fail to make an impression
- cutesiness — The state or property of being cutesy.
- cuttlebone — the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
- cyberbunny — (abuse) Someone who knows absolutely nothing about computers and advises people who know absolutely nothing about computers. The term is used mostly on AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.
- cygnus x-1 — a strong x-ray source in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a binary system of which one component may be a black hole.
- cynomolgus — a macaque native to SE Asia
- cynopodous — (of some mammals, such as dogs) having claws that do not retract
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- d'annunzio — Gabriele (ɡaˈbrjɛːle). 1863–1938, Italian poet, dramatist, novelist, national hero, and Fascist. His works include the poems in Alcione (1904) and the drama La Figlia di Iorio (1904)
- dachshunds — Plural form of dachshund.
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- daunomycin — an anthracycline drug that is used as a medication in the treatment of some forms of cancer
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.