8-letter words containing n, u
- aequorin — a protein obtained from marine organisms that emits blue light in the presence of calcium ions and is used to detect these ions in living tissue
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- affluent — If you are affluent, you have a lot of money.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
- aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
- airbound — supported by air
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumina — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- alburnum — sapwood
- alchuine — (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- alcinous — (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings
- aleurone — finely granulated protein present in seeds generally and forming the outer layer of cereal seeds
- aleutian — of, denoting, or relating to the Aleutian Islands, the Aleuts, or their language
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquant — of, signifying, or relating to a quantity or number that is not an exact divisor of a given quantity or number
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- alluding — Present participle of allude.
- alluring — Someone or something that is alluring is very attractive.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- alluvion — the wash of the sea or of a river
- aluminic — of or relating to aluminium
- aluminum — a silvery, lightweight, easily worked, metallic chemical element that resists corrosion and is found abundantly, but only in combination: symbol, Al; at. no., 13
- alumni's — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alunogen — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of aluminum, Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅18H 2 O, occurring as a white, fibrous crust on quarry or mine walls.
- ambulant — moving about from place to place
- ammianus — Marcellinus [mahr-suh-lahy-nuh s] /ˌmɑr səˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c325–c398, Roman historian.
- ammonium — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group NH4– or the ion NH4+
- amoungst — Archaic form of amongst.
- amounted — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
- an nafud — Nefud Desert.
- anacusis — total deafness.
- analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
- anapurna — Annapurna
- anchusin — alkanet (sense 1) alkanet (sense 1c)
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- anconeus — (anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
- anctious — Obsolete form of anxious.
- anemious — (of a plant) Growing in exposed windy places.
- anestrus — in the breeding cycle of many mammals, the period of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- aneurine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- aneurism — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- aneurysm — a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel
- angerful — Full of anger, expressing anger.
- anginous — of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- angklung — an Asian musical instrument made from bamboo