5-letter words containing n, u
- -naut — indicating a person engaged in the navigation of a vehicle, esp one used for scientific investigation
- abuna — the title given to the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox church
- aburn — Burning.
- adunc — hooked; curved inward
- aguna — (in Jewish law) a woman whose husband will not grant her a divorce
- agung — a volcano on NE Bali, in Indonesia: erupted 1963. 10,300 feet (3139 meters).
- alumn — Alternative spelling of alum.
- amgun — a river in SE Siberian Russia, flowing NE to the Amur River. 490 miles (788 km) long.
- angus — a council area of E Scotland on the North Sea: the historical county of Angus became part of Tayside region in 1975; reinstated as a unitary authority (excluding City of Dundee) in 1996. Administrative centre: Forfar. Pop: 107 520 (2003 est). Area: 2181 sq km (842 sq miles)
- anhui — a province of E China, crossed by the Yangtze River. Capital: Hefei. Pop: 64 100 000 (2003 est). Area: 139 860 sq km (54 000 sq miles)
- anjou — a former province of W France, in the Loire valley: a medieval countship from the 10th century, belonging to the English crown from 1154 until 1204; annexed by France in 1480
- ankus — a stick used, esp in India, for goading elephants
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- annum — by the year; yearly.
- annus — year of wonders; wonderful year.
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- anzus — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with reference to the security alliance between them
- argun — a river in NE Asia, forming part of the boundary between the Russian Federation and China. About 450 miles (725 km) long.
- arnut — a small herb, Conopodium majus, which is common throughout Europe and North Africa and which has edible tubers
- astun — to amaze, bewilder or stupefy
- auden — W(ystan) H(ugh). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.
- aunts — Plural form of aunt.
- aunty — auntie.
- auton — (science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- auxin — any of various plant hormones, such as indoleacetic acid, that promote growth and control fruit and flower development. Synthetic auxins are widely used in agriculture and horticulture
- balun — a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
- bantu — Bantu means belonging or relating to a group of peoples in central and southern Africa. This use could cause offence.
- begun — Begun is the past participle of begin.
- bennu — the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- benue — a state of SE Nigeria. Capital: Makurdi. Pop: 4 219 244 (2006). Area: 34 059 sq km (13 150 sq miles)
- bhuna — an Indian dish or sauce in which spices are dry-roasted in a pan and then combined with a moistening agent such as yogurt or water
- blunk — to ruin, mismanage, or spoil
- blunt — If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
- bonus — A bonus is an extra amount of money that is added to someone's pay, usually because they have worked very hard.
- bornu — a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- bosun — The bosun on a ship is the officer whose job it is to look after the ship and its equipment.
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- bourn — a destination; goal
- braun — Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910–45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945
- broun — (Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- bruhn — Erik (Belton Evers) 1928–86, Danish ballet dancer.
- bruin — a name for a bear, used in children's tales, fables, etc
- brung — a past participle and simple past tense of bring.
- brunn — German name of Brno.
- bruno — Franklin Roy, known as Frank. born 1961, British heavyweight boxer
- brunt — the main force or shock of a blow, attack, etc (esp in the phrase bear the brunt of)
- bunce — a windfall or boom
- bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
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