7-letter words containing r, u, n, e
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nervule — a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.
- nervure — Botany, Zoology. a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.
- netburp — (networking, chat) (Or "netsplit") When netlag gets really bad, and delays between IRC servers exceed a certain threshhold, the network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance of this is called a "netburp" (or, sometimes, netsplit).
- neurine — a poisonous organic alkaloid, CH2=CHN(CH3)3OH, once thought to be identical with choline
- neurism — one of the three 'vital forces', namely nerve-force
- neurite — any projection from the body of a nerve cell (neuron), whether an axon or a dendrite
- neuroid — either of the halves of a neural arch
- neurol. — neurology
- neuroma — a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- neurone — Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neurons — Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neurula — an embryo in the stage of development in which part of the ectoderm is differentiated into neural tissue and in which the neural tube, which develops into the brain and spinal cord, is formed.
- neuters — Plural form of neuter.
- neutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- neutron — an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- newburg — (of seafood) cooked with a cream sauce containing sherry: lobster Newburg.
- newbury — a market town in West Berkshire unitary authority, S England: scene of a Parliamentarian victory (1643) and a Royalist victory (1644) during the Civil War; telecommunications, racecourse. Pop: 32 675 (2001)
- niebuhr — Barthold Georg [bahr-tawlt gey-awrk] /ˈbɑr tɔlt geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1776–1831, German historian.
- nonuser — a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- nourice — a nurse.
- nubbier — Comparative form of nubby.
- nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- numbers — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numeral — a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number: the Roman numerals.
- numeric — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- numeris — The name given by France Telecom, the french telephone network operator, to its ISDN network.
- nunnery — a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
- nuraghe — any of the large, tower-shaped, prehistoric stone structures found in Sardinia and dating from the second millennium b.c. to the Roman conquest.
- nurdles — Plural form of nurdle.
- nureyev — Rudolf (Hametovich) [khuh-mye-tuh-vyich] /xʌˈmyɛ tə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; Austrian citizen 1982.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- nurture — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- nutters — Plural form of nutter.
- nuttery — an area where trees that bear nuts are grown
- nuttier — Comparative form of nutty.
- nuzzler — a person or thing that nuzzles
- onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- Öresund — strait between Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand: c. 80 mi (129 km) long
- outearn — to earn more than
- overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- pandure — bandore.
- panurge — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- parvenu — a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plunder — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- plunger — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- plunker — a person or thing that plunks.
- pounder — a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds (often used in combination): He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.
- prefund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.