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4-letter words containing n, u

  • neut — Neuter.
  • nicu — neonatal intensive care unit
  • niue — an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
  • nonu — not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain: certain words and phrases that are considered absolutely non-U.
  • noun — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
  • noup — a promontory; a steep headland; an overhang
  • nous — Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
  • nstu — Nova Scotia Teachers Union (Canada)
  • nswu — National Security Workers Union
  • nteu — National Treasury Employees Union
  • ntub — National Trade Union Bodies
  • ntuc — National Trade Union Congress
  • nuba — a member of a formerly warlike Nilotic people living chiefly in the hills of S central Sudan
  • nubs — Plural form of nub.
  • nuby — An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
  • nuch — (surfing, slang, dated) Not much, hardly, barely, to an insignificant degree.
  • nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
  • nuer — a member of a tribal people who live along the Nile in southern Sudan and subsist chiefly by raising cattle.
  • nuff — enough.
  • nugs — Plural form of nug.
  • nuke — a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
  • null — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
  • numa — Non-Uniform Memory Access
  • numb — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
  • nums — Plural form of num.
  • nunc — now.
  • nunn — Sir Trevor (Robert). born 1940, British theatre director; artistic director (1968–86) and chief executive (1968–86) of the Royal Shakespeare Company; artistic director of the Royal National Theatre (1997–2003). His productions include Nicholas Nickleby (1980), Cats (1981), and Les Misérables (1985)
  • nuns — Plural form of nun.
  • nunu — (South Africa) a weevil (or similar insect).
  • nupe — a member of a Negroid people of Nigeria, noted as fishermen, who live near the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers
  • nurd — a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
  • nuri — a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan and neighbouring parts of Pakistan
  • nurl — to make knurls or ridges on.
  • nurr — a ball that is made of wood and used in some games
  • nuss — Eye dialect of nurse.
  • nuts — insane; crazy.
  • nuuk — a city in and the capital of Greenland, in the SW part.
  • ogun — a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Abeokuta. Pop: 3 728 098 (2006). Area: 16 762 sq km (6472 sq miles)
  • onus — a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
  • ouns — (archaic, dialectal) Wounds, especially the wounds of Christ on the cross.
  • ourn — (obsolete, outside, British, and, American dialects, especially, Appalachian) Ours.
  • pneu — Parents National Education Union
  • psnu — Partially Stiff Non Unions
  • puna — a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
  • pune — a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
  • pung — a sleigh with a boxlike body.
  • punk — Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
  • puns — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
  • punt — an ancient Egyptian name of an area not absolutely identified but believed to be Somaliland.
  • puny — of less than normal size and strength; weak.
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