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9-letter words containing u, n, a, s, m

  • neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
  • new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • 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)
  • novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
  • numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
  • nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
  • nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
  • ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
  • rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
  • roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
  • sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
  • sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
  • samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
  • sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
  • saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
  • semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
  • semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
  • semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
  • slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
  • slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
  • sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
  • squadsman — a member of a squad or team.
  • squaw man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.
  • steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
  • stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
  • stunt man — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
  • submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • submental — situated beneath the chin
  • subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
  • sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
  • sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
  • summation — the act or process of summing.
  • sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
  • sung mass — a Mass in which parts of the proper and the ordinary are sung rather than recited; missa cantata.
  • synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
  • synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
  • transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
  • transmute — change into another form
  • transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
  • ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
  • unamassed — not amassed or gathered
  • unamusing — pleasantly entertaining or diverting: an amusing speaker.
  • unanimous — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
  • unashamed — not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt: a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.
  • unassumed — adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned: an assumed name; an assumed air of humility.
  • unawesome — not awesome
  • uncle sam — a personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red-and-white-striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars.
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