9-letter words containing u, n, c, a
- ecuadoran — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- educating — Present participle of educate.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- encaustic — (especially in painting and ceramics) using pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned in as an inlay.
- enceladus — a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily
- encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- endurance — The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
- ensurance — (obsolete) insurance.
- enucleate — Remove the nucleus from (a cell).
- enunciate — Say or pronounce clearly.
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- euclidean — (rare) alternative spelling of Euclidean.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- eunuchate — (transitive) To make a eunuch of; to castrate (a man).
- executant — A person who carries something into effect.
- exultance — Exultation.
- exultancy — Exultance, exultation.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- fancifull — Archaic form of fanciful.
- faunistic — of or relating to the geographical distribution of animal life.
- fauxmance — a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage
- fecundate — to make prolific or fruitful.
- final cut — the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer.
- fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fu manchu — a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.
- fucking a — an emphatic exclamation of approval
- funicular — of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension.
- funny car — type of drag racing
- furcation — forked; branching.
- furnacing — Present participle of furnace.
- gangpunch — to duplicate (a punch card's data) onto subsequent cards.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- gluconate — a salt of gluconic acid
- gnu emacs — Emacs
- grand cru — See under cru.
- grauncher — a person who crushes or destroys
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gynaeceum — (among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.
- hachuring — Present participle of hachure.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- hunchback — a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.