11-letter words containing n, u
- attuitional — of or relating to attuition
- auction off — If you auction off something, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it, often at an auction.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- audibleness — The state or quality of being audible.
- auditionees — a person who competes or takes part in an audition.
- auditioning — Present participle of audition.
- augmentable — Capable of being augmented or increased.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
- aunt jemima — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black woman considered by other black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people.
- aurignacian — of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- austenitize — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- australiana — objects or documents relating to Australia and its history or culture esp in the form of a collection
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authentical — authentic.
- authenticly — Alternative spelling of authentically.
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- auto-immune — Auto-immune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system.
- autoantigen — an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.
- autoantonym — (rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autochthons — Plural form of autochthon.
- autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autokinesis — a visual illusion occurring in low light, in which a stationary bright spot appears to be moving
- autokinetic — automatically self-moving
- autoloading — self-loading
- autonomical — autonomous.
- autophanous — illuminated by a self-contained power source
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- back burner — If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bagna cauda — a dip made from garlic, anchovies, butter, and olive oil, usually served hot over a spirit burner, with raw vegetables