9-letter words containing u, n, e, s
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nefandous — Unspeakable, appalling.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- negotious — Engaged in negotiation; Occupied with a conversation.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neotenous — Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nestorius — died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- neuristor — a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neurotics — Plural form of neurotic.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrinos — Plural form of neutrino.
- new issue — an issue of shares being offered to the public for the first time
- new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- newsqueak — A concurrent applicative language with synchronous channels.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- no excuse — If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened.
- no-see-um — punkie.
- nocturnes — Plural form of nocturne.
- non-usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
- nonplused — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonpluses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nonplus.
- nonpulsed — Not pulsed.
- nonsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- nonuplets — Plural form of nonuplet.
- nonusable — not usable; unusable
- nonvenous — not involving, related to, or caused by veins or the venous system
- nose stud — a stud worn in or on the nose as an ornament
- nosecount — the counting of individual persons, as for a census.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- nourisher — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- nourishes — Plural form of nourish.
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- nucleases — Plural form of nuclease.
- nucleates — Plural form of nucleate.
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
- nucleolus — a conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleuses — Plural form of nucleus.
- nuisancer — a person that creates a nuisance or public offence
- nuisances — Plural form of nuisance.
- nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
- nullifies — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.