9-letter words containing o, n, i, u
- norovirus — any of various single-stranded RNA viruses of the genus Norovirus, of the family Caliciviridae: the most common cause of epidemic viral gastroenteritis in humans.
- notorious — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- nougatine — a chocolate-coated nougat.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- nourisher — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- nourishes — Plural form of nourish.
- nouriture — Obsolete form of nurture.
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- noxiously — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
- nucleolin — (protein) A eukaryotic nucleolar phosphoprotein that is involved in the synthesis and maturation of ribosomes.
- nucleonic — a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- nunnation — the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
- nutrition — the act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.
- obduction — (obsolete) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.
- obnoxious — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtunding — Present participle of obtund.
- obtundity — the state of having the senses numbed or less sharp
- occluding — Present participle of occlude.
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- occursion — (obsolete) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
- octupling — Present participle of octuple.
- olinguito — a small omnivorous South American procyonid mammal, Bassaricyon neblina, inhabiting the mountain forests of Colombia and Ecuador: the most recent mammal to be discovered and the smallest member of family Procyonidae (the raccoons)
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- oncovirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- onrushing — Rushing or flowing forward.
- opium den — 19th-century place of drug taking
- oppugning — Present participle of oppugn.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- osmundine — compost made from dried fern roots
- otoconium — (anatomy) An otolith or statolith.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- out-going — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outcoming — That comes out.
- outcrying — Present participle of outcry.
- outdating — Present participle of outdate.
- outdesign — to exceed in designing
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outfoxing — Present participle of outfox.