11-letter words containing u, n, r, i
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- mutteration — the act of muttering
- mutton bird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- nail puller — a handheld device used for pulling out or removing nails or fastening devices
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- narcissuses — Plural form of narcissus.
- nasturtiums — Plural form of nasturtium.
- natriuresis — excretion of sodium in the urine.
- natriuretic — excretion of sodium in the urine.
- naturalised — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of naturalise.
- naturalists — Plural form of naturalist.
- naturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of naturalize.
- naturalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of naturalize.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- near-nudity — the state of not wearing many clothes
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- nervuration — the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.
- net curtain — Net curtains are curtains made of thin cloth that people hang across their windows to stop people outside seeing into their houses in the daytime.
- neurilemmal — Relating to neurilemma.
- neurilemmas — Plural form of neurilemma.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neurofibril — a fibril of a nerve cell.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- neurotensin — A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- neurulation — the formation of a neurula.
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralise.
- neutralists — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralized — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisedt; Simple past tense and past participle of neutralize.
- neutralizer — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralizes — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisest; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralize.
- neutropenia — a decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood: mild, moderate, or severe neutropenia.
- neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night