9-letter words containing u, n, s, c
- cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chestnuts — Plural form of chestnut.
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- churnings — Plural form of churning.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinereous — of a greyish colour
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- cocoanuts — Plural form of cocoanut.
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- coenesque — reminiscent of the work US film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen (born 1954 and 1957 respectively), featuring bizarre and involved plots, use of irony and black humour, and allusions to film classics
- cohousing — a type of housing with some shared facilities
- coinsurer — A coinsurer is a person or company whose policy covers the same risk as that of another person or company, and shares the loss.
- coinsures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coinsure.
- collusion — Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- communise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of communize.
- communism — advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- compounds — Plural form of compound.
- concensus — Misspelling of consensus.
- concentus — a concent
- conceptus — any of various products of conception, including the embryo, fetus, and surrounding tissue
- concludes — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- concourse — A concourse is a wide hall in a public building, for example a hotel, airport, or station.
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- concusses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concuss.
- conductus — a style of medieval liturgical composition for up to four voices; these were composed in the 12th and 13th centuries
- confiseur — a confectioner
- confluxes — Plural form of conflux.
- confounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confound.
- confucius — Chinese name Kong Zi or K'ung Fu-tse. 551–479 bc, Chinese philosopher and teacher of ethics (see Confucianism). His doctrines were compiled after his death under the title The Analects of Confucius
- confusing — Something that is confusing makes it difficult for people to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
- confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- congruous — corresponding or agreeing
- conjuncts — Plural form of conjunct.
- conjurers — Plural form of conjurer.
- conjurors — Plural form of conjuror.
- conquests — Plural form of conquest.
- conscious — If you are conscious of something, you notice it or realize that it is happening.
- consensus — A consensus is general agreement among a group of people.
- consolute — (of two or more liquids) mutually soluble in all proportions