9-letter words containing o, n, a, u
- autotoxin — any poison or toxin formed in the organism upon which it acts
- auxotonic — (of muscle contraction) occurring against increasing force
- avouching — Present participle of avouch.
- ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- bandobust — (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- bland out — to become bland
- blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- cankerous — having cankers
- canonicus — c1565–1647, Narragansett leader: yielded Rhode Island to Roger Williams 1636.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- changchou — Changzhou
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- coadunate — united; joined together