9-letter words containing u, n, c, e, a
- 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.
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- incubated — Simple past tense and past participle of incubate.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- inculcate — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- incunable — a book constituting part of a collection of incunabula.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- indurance — Obsolete form of endurance.
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- invacuate — To confine (people) to a closed area in an emergency situation.
- issuances — Plural form of issuance.
- jaundiced — affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice: jaundiced skin.
- jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- juice man — an extortionist.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- luminance — brightness
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- 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
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- mumchance — Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- 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.
- mutagenic — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- nantucket — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. 15 miles (24 km) long.
- 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.