9-letter words containing n, u
- anacruses — Plural form of anacrusis.
- anacrusis — one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse
- analagous — Misspelling of analogous, common other spelling.
- analogous — If one thing is analogous to another, the two things are similar in some way.
- analogues — Plural form of analogue.
- anandrous — (of flowers) having no stamens
- ananthous — (of higher plants) having no flowers
- and found — with room and board in addition to wages
- andalusia — a region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with the Sierra Morena in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the southeast, and the Guadalquivir River flowing over fertile lands between them; a centre of Moorish civilization; it became an autonomous region in 1981. Area: about 87 280 sq km (33 700 sq miles)
- andouille — a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- aneuploid — (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete
- aneurysms — Plural form of aneurysm.
- angelique — a female given name.
- angostura — the bitter, aromatic bark of either of two South American citrus trees, Galipea officinalis or G. cusparia, used in medicine and in the preparation of liqueurs and bitters.
- angouleme — city in SW France: pop. 46,000
- angoumois — a region and former province of W France: famous as source of cognac.
- anguiform — shaped like a snake
- anguipede — a mythological creature of Persian origin with a rooster's head and snakes for legs
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- anguishes — Plural form of anguish.
- angularly — In an angular manner.
- angulated — Simple past tense and past participle of angulate.
- anhungred — very hungry
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- anilingus — sexual stimulation involving oral contact with the anus
- annapurna — a massif of the Himalayas, in Nepal. Highest peak: 8078 m (26 502 ft)
- annexures — Plural form of annexure.
- announced — Simple past tense and past participle of announce.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- announces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce.
- annualise — To express (a quantity such as an interest rate, profit, expenditure etc.) as if it applied or were measured over one year.
- annualize — to convert (a rate of interest) to an annual rate when it is quoted for a period of less than a year
- annuitant — a person in receipt of or entitled to an annuity
- annuities — Plural form of annuity.
- annuitize — If you annuitize a lump sum payment, you convert it into a regular income such as a pension or annuity.
- annularly — In an annular manner.
- annulated — Having rings.
- annulling — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- anovulant — any drug preventing ovulation
- anschluss — a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
- ansgarius — Latin name of Ansgar.
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn