8-letter words containing o, n, t, u
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-out — a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- lock nut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- luteolin — a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- mind out — to be careful or pay attention
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- monmouth — James Scott, Duke of, 1649–85, illegitimate son of Charles II of England and pretender to the throne of James II.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- monument — something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
- moondust — The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- mount up — accumulate
- mountain — heap of sth
- mountant — an adhesive used for mounting pictures
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mounting — A backing, setting, or support for something.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- mowburnt — (of hay, straw, etc) damaged by overheating in a mow
- mudstone — a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination.
- multiton — Weighing more than one ton.
- munition — Usually, munitions. materials used in war, especially weapons and ammunition.
- mutation — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- mutinous — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- neutrino — any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- neutrois — noting or relating to a person of neutral gender who also lacks a specific gender identity.
- neutrons — Plural form of neutron.
- no doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- 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
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.