9-letter words containing u, n, m, s, i
- nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- 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)
- nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- osmundine — compost made from dried fern roots
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- rumminess — the state or condition of being rummy
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- semi-nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sigismund — 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- squirming — to wriggle or writhe.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- summiting — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- tunesmith — a person who composes popular music or songs.
- unamusing — pleasantly entertaining or diverting: an amusing speaker.
- unanimous — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
- undemised — death or decease.
- unimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- uniramous — Biology. having one branch.
- unmannish — not belonging to or resembling a man
- unmasking — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- unmortise — to unfasten or separate (something mortised).