6-letter words containing u, n, c
- munchy — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- muncie — a city in E Indiana.
- mundic — one of several forms of pyrites, esp iron pyrites
- munich — a state in SE Germany: formerly a kingdom. 27,239 sq. mi. (70,550 sq. km). Capital: Munich.
- muonic — Pertaining to, or composed of muons.
- nautch — (in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.
- nautic — Alternative form of nautical.
- neumic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- nickum — a mischievous person, mischief-maker
- nuance — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- nubuck — suede-like leather
- nuchae — nape.
- nuchal — Of or relating to the nape of the neck.
- nuclei — plural of nucleus.
- nucule — (rare) A section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.
- nueces — a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- nuncio — a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- nuncle — uncle.
- on cue — (in the theatre, films, music, etc) anything spoken or done that serves as a signal to an actor, musician, etc, to follow with specific lines or action
- ouncer — something weighing a specified number of ounces (used in combination): The deluxe hamburger is an eight-ouncer.
- ounces — Plural form of ounce.
- panuco — a river in E central Mexico, flowing E to the Gulf of Mexico. About 315 miles (505 km) long.
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- paunch — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- pincus — Gregory Goodwin. 1903–67, US physiologist, whose work on steroid hormones led to the development of the first contraceptive pill
- pounce — to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
- punchy — punch-drunk.
- quench — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quince — either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- quincy — Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
- raunch — smuttiness or vulgarity; crudeness; obscenity: porno magazines and other purveyors of raunch.
- rounce — the handle that is turned to move paper and plates on a printing press
- runcie — Robert Alexander Kennedy, 1921–2000, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1980–91.
- sauncy — sonsy.
- schuln — shul.
- scrunt — a stunted thing
- scunge — to borrow
- scungy — miserable; sordid; dirty
- secund — arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- sucken — a piece of land from which the crops must be ground at a specific mill
- toucan — any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- tucana — a faint extensive constellation in the S hemisphere close to Hydrus and Eridanus, containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud
- tuchun — the title of a military governor of a province during the period 1916–28.
- tucson — a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- tunica — a tunic.
- tuscan — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tuscany, its people, or their dialect.
- uncage — to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- uncake — to remove compacted matter from (something)
- uncalm — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- uncape — to remove the cape from