8-letter words containing u, n, e
- anquetil — Jacques [zhak] /ʒak/ (Show IPA), 1934–87, French cyclist with five victories (1957, 1961–64) in the Tour de France.
- antabuse — a drug, a brand of disulfiram, used in the treatment of alcoholism, that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant symptoms following ingestion of alcohol; tetraethylthiuram disulphide
- antidune — a sand hill or inclined bedding plane that forms a steep slope against the direction of a fast-flowing current
- antinuke — opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antiqued — An antiqued object is modern but has been made to look like an antique.
- antiquer — a person who alters the appearance of objects to give an antique quality
- antiques — the business of selling antique objects
- antiquey — having the appearance of an antique
- anuresis — inability to urinate even though urine is formed by the kidneys and retained in the urinary bladder
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- apneusis — protracted gasping inhalation followed by short inefficient exhalation, which can cause asphyxia
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- aquatone — a keep-fit regime in which exercises, both aerobic and strength building, are performed in a swimming pool
- aquiline — If someone has an aquiline nose or profile, their nose is large, thin, and usually curved.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- arbutean — relating to arbutus, or made from arbutus wood
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.
- arguendo — (legal) for the sake of argument.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- audience — The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- audioone — (tool, music) Digital recording and editing software developed by BizTrack Software Development for the dance, music, and audio industries. AudioOne includes a waveform recorder that allows signal manipulation, editing, and recording.
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- aurorean — of or resembling dawn
- aurulent — Gold in color.
- autodyne — denoting or relating to an electrical circuit in which the same elements and valves are used as oscillator and detector
- autotune — a software package that automatically manipulates a recording of a vocal track until it is in tune regardless of whether or not the original performance was in tune
- autunite — a yellowish fluorescent radioactive mineral consisting of a hydrated calcium uranium phosphate in tetragonal crystalline form. It is found in uranium ores. Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2.10–12H2O
- auvergne — a region of S central France: largely mountainous, rising over 1800 m (6000 ft)
- aventure — (obsolete) Accident; chance; adventure.
- avernus' — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- balbuena — Bernardo de [ber-nahr-doh duh;; Spanish ber-nahr-th aw th e] /bərˈnɑr doʊ də;; Spanish bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1568–1627, Mexican poet and priest, born in Spain.
- bandeaux — Plural form of bandeau.
- banlieue — a suburb of a city
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- baudekin — baldachin
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.