9-letter words containing u, n, c, a
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- mancunian — a native or resident of Manchester, England.
- manducate — to chew; masticate; eat.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manurance — the cultivation or occupation of land
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- monocular — having only one eye.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- multician — (jargon, person) /muhl-ti'shn/ A term coined at Honeywell, ca. 1970 for a competent user of Multics. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous "Unician".
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- mumchance — Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- muscadine — a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- muscatine — a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- muscleman — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- musicians — Plural form of musician.
- mutagenic — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- nantucket — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. 15 miles (24 km) long.
- narcissus — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- naugatuck — a city in central Connecticut.
- naumachia — a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- nicaragua — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- noncasual — not casual
- noncausal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- nucleases — Plural form of nuclease.
- nucleated — having a nucleus.
- nucleates — Plural form of nucleate.
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- nucleolar — of, relating to, or forming a nucleolus.
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.