8-letter words containing o, n, r, u
- neutrons — Plural form of neutron.
- nidorous — (literary) Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
- no-trump — (of a hand, bid, or contract) without a trump suit; noting a bid or contract to be played without naming a trump suit.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nocturne — a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- nonjuror — a person who refuses to take a required oath, as of allegiance.
- nonrural — Not rural.
- nonsugar — a substance that is not a sugar
- nontrump — (of a playing card) not of the trump suit
- nonurban — Not urban.
- nonusers — a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- noonhour — the hour between 12 noon and 1 p.m.
- nordunet — (networking, body) (Nordic Universities Network?) A collaboration between the national research networks in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It provides international access for these countries.
- northrup — a male given name.
- northumb — Northumberland
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- not true — unbelievable; remarkable
- notturno — an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- nutbrown — dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- on drums — playing drums
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- onrushes — Plural form of onrush.
- oppugner — Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
- orenburg — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- our town — a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.
- ourinhos — a city in E Brazil.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outfrown — to outdo in frowning; silence, abash, or subdue by frowning.
- outgrown — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
- outlearn — to exceed in learning
- outliner — A computer application that produces a hierarchically arranged outline of the logical structure of a text document.
- outpreen — to exceed in preening
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- outscorn — to defy with scorn
- outsnore — to outdo in snoring
- overburn — to copy (information, music, etc) onto a CD over previously recorded data
- overfund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.