5-letter words containing u, n, s
- minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- munds — Plural form of mund.
- muons — Plural form of muon.
- namus — (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- negus — a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- neuse — a river in E central North Carolina, flowing SE to Pamlico Sound. 275 miles (442 km) long.
- neuss — a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- nevus — any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- nexus — a means of connection; tie; link.
- nidus — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- ninus — the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- nisus — an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- nodus — a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- notus — the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nouns — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nouse — (neologism) A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
- nubus — The proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh personal computers.
- nucps — National Union of Civil and Public Servants: a UK trade union representing workers in civil and public service
- nudes — Plural form of nude.
- nukes — a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- nukus — a city in Uzbekistan, capital of the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Republic, on the Amu Darya River. Pop: 325 000 (2005 est)
- nulls — Plural form of null.
- numbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numb.
- nurbs — Non-Uniform Rational B Spline
- nurds — Plural form of nurd.
- nurls — to make knurls or ridges on.
- nurse — a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nusku — a Sumerian and Babylonian deity, originally the vizier of Enlil.
- nutso — Insane.
- nutsy — nutty (defs 3, 4).
- nysut — New York State United Teachers
- onkus — unpleasant, unattractive, or unacceptable; bad.
- oshun — a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Oshogbo. Pop: 3 423 535 (2006). Area: 9251 sq km (3570 sq miles)
- ouens — Plural form of ou.
- pusan — a seaport in SE South Korea.
- quins — Plural form of quin.
- ruins — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- runes — 1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as bad as line noise, but close. Compare casting the runes, Great Runes. 2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
- sanwu — South African National Workers Union
- sauna — a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- shaun — a male given name, form of John.
- shuln — a synagogue.
- shunt — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- sinus — a curve; bend.
- skunk — a small North American mammal, Mephitis mephitis, of the weasel family, having a black coat with a white, V -shaped stripe on the back, and ejecting a fetid odor when alarmed or attacked.
- slung — simple past tense and past participle of sling1 .
- slunk — a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.
- snafu — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- snout — the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- snuck — to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.