7-letter words containing n, u
- cannula — a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc
- canopus — the brightest star in the constellation Carina and the second brightest star in the sky. Visual magnitude: -0.7; spectral type: F0II; distance: 313 light years
- canthus — the inner or outer corner or angle of the eye, formed by the natural junction of the eyelids
- canular — shaped like a cannula; tubular.
- cap gun — cap pistol.
- capuana — Luigi. 1839–1915, Italian realist novelist, dramatist, and critic. His works include the novel Giacinta (1879) and the play Malia (1895)
- carnous — carnose.
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- causing — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- cenaeum — (in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centrum — the main part or body of a vertebra
- century — A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- cerumen — the soft brownish-yellow wax secreted by glands in the auditory canal of the external ear
- chanoyu — a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.
- chanute — a town in SE Kansas.
- chaunce — Archaic spelling of chance.
- chaunge — Obsolete form of change.
- chauvin — a chauvinist
- cheneau — an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping.
- chengdu — a city in S central China, capital of Sichuan province. Pop: 3 478 000 (2005 est)
- chengtu — Chengdu
- chesnut — Obsolete spelling of chestnut.
- chillun — (Southern US, AAVE) Plural form of chile (child).
- chilung — a port in N Taiwan: fishing and industrial centre. Pop: 406 000 (2005 est)
- chin-up — an exercise in which a person grips an elevated bar and pulls himself or herself up until the chin is level with the bar
- chongju — a city in central South Korea.
- chunder — to vomit
- chungju — a city in central South Korea.
- chungke — Alternative form of chunkey.
- chunjie — an annual Chinese festival marking the (lunar) Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts, firework displays, and dancing
- chunked — a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- chunker — (programming) A program like Unix's "split" which breaks an input file into parts, usually of a pre-set size, e.g. the maximum size that can fit on a floppy. The parts can then be assembled with a dechunker, which is usually just the chunker in a different mode.
- chunkey — A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to place the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
- chunnel — a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel, linking England and France, opened in 1994
- chunnis — Plural form of chunni.
- chunter — to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- churned — a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- churner — a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- chusing — Present participle of chuse.
- chutnee — a sauce or relish of East Indian origin, often compounded of both sweet and sour ingredients, as fruits and herbs, with spices and other seasoning.
- chutney — Chutney is a cold sauce made from fruit, vinegar, sugar, and spices. It is sold in jars and you eat it with meat or cheese.
- cinques — Plural form of cinque.
- cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- cliburn — Van [van] /væn/ (Show IPA), (Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr) 1934–2013, U.S. pianist.