10-letter words containing r, u, n, o
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- macrofauna — any animals visible to the naked eye
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- memorandum — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- minicourse — a short, intensive course of study, usually a few weeks long.
- minor suit — diamonds or clubs.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- missourian — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- mompreneur — Alternative form of mumpreneur.
- monandrous — of, relating to, or characterized by monandry.
- monaurally — In a monaural fashion.
- monestrous — of or relating to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog.
- monocerous — having one horn on the head
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- monomerous — consisting of one part.
- monsterous — Misspelling of monstrous.
- monstruous — (now rare) Monstrous. (from 15th c.).
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- moribundly — In a moribund way.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mossbunker — the menhaden.
- motoneuron — motor neuron.
- motor unit — a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mournfully — In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
- mourningly — In a mourning manner; grievingly.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- mummy porn — sexually explicit or pornographic books, photos, videos, etc., that appeal to women, especially middle-aged women.
- mummy-porn — sexually explicit or pornographic books, photos, videos, etc., that appeal to women, especially middle-aged women.
- mundugumor — a member of a Papuan people of Papua New Guinea.