6-letter words containing u, n, c
- dunces — Plural form of dunce.
- econut — an environmentalist
- eucken — Rudolph Christoph (ˈruːdɔlf ˈkrɪstɔf). 1846–1926, German idealist philosopher: Nobel prize for literature 1908
- eunice — a feminine name
- eunuch — A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court.
- facund — (archaic) eloquent, articulate.
- fecund — producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.
- fundic — the base of an organ, or the part opposite to or remote from an aperture.
- fungic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms.
- glucan — (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose.
- glunch — a frown
- gnu bc — A GNU version of BC which is self-contained and internally executes its own compiled code rather than acting as a front-end to DC like the standard Unix bc. Version 1.02 parser (yacc), interpreter, BC math library Philip A. Nelson <[email protected]> FTP bc-1.02.tar.Z from a GNU archive site. requires: vsprintf and vfprintf routines ports: Unix (BSD, System V, MINIX, POSIX) Superset of POSIX BC (P10003.2/D11), with a POSIX-only mode.
- gnu dc — GNU Desktop Calculator. An interpreter for a subset of the standard Unix DC that handles all its operations, except the (undocumented) array operations. Integration with GNU BC is being attempted. Version 0.2.
- haunch — the hip.
- incubi — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- incult — wild; rude; unrefined.
- incurs — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- incuse — hammered or stamped in, as a figure on a coin.
- induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- induct — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- jaunce — to prance
- jocund — cheerful; merry; blithe; glad: a witty and jocund group.
- jounce — a jouncing movement.
- jouncy — Bumpy or bouncy.
- juncos — Plural form of junco.
- juncus — any rush of the genus Juncus
- knucks — Informal. knuckle.
- kuchen — a yeast-raised coffeecake, often containing fruit.
- lacuna — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacune — a gap or space
- launce — sand lance.
- launch — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- leucin — Dated form of leucine.
- leucon — a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- lucent — shining.
- lucern — (obsolete) A lamp.
- lucian — a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- lucina — a title or name given to Juno as goddess of childbirth
- lucine — A bivalve mollusk that typically has a rounded white shell with radial and concentric ridges, found in tropical and temperate seas.
- lucken — locked; shut
- lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
- lunchy — stupid; dull-witted.
- macoun — a juicy, late-ripening variety of apple that originated in Canada.
- manchu — a member of a Tungusic people of Manchuria who conquered China in the 17th century and established a dynasty there (Manchu dynasty, or Ch'ing, 1644–1912).
- mancus — A gold coin used in Medieval Europe.
- maunch — manche.
- mckuen — Rod, 1933–2015, U.S. poet and songwriter.
- mcnutt — Paul Vories [vawr-eez,, vohr-] /ˈvɔr iz,, ˈvoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1891–1955, U.S. diplomat and government official.
- menchu — Rigoberta [ree-guh-ber-tuh] /ˌri gəˈbɛr tə/ (Show IPA), born 1959, Guatemalan author and social reformer: Nobel prize 1992.
- mucins — Plural form of mucin.