7-letter words containing u, n, s
- gunners — Plural form of gunner.
- gunnies — Plural form of gunny.
- gunship — a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane armed with rapid-fire guns or cannons and used to provide close air support for troops in combat.
- gunshot — the shooting of a gun: We heard three gunshots.
- gunyahs — Plural form of gunyah.
- gurneys — Plural form of gurney.
- gushing — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- gusting — Archaic. flavor or taste.
- hainous — Obsolete spelling of heinous.
- hangups — Plural form of hangup.
- hasanlu — an archaeological site in NW Iran, S of Lake Urmia: excavated Mannaean city.
- heinous — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- honours — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- housing — a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
- housman — A(lfred) E(dward) 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.
- houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- huggins — Charles Brenton [bren-tn] /ˈbrɛn tn/ (Show IPA), 1901–97, U.S. surgeon and medical researcher, born in Canada: Nobel Prize 1966.
- hunches — A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than known facts.
- hunkers — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hunnish — of or relating to the Huns.
- hunters — Plural form of hunter.
- hurston — Zora Neale [neel] /nil/ (Show IPA), 1891?–1960, U.S. author and folklorist.
- husband — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- hushing — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- husking — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- hussain — Nasser (ˈnæsə). born 1968, British cricketer born in India; played in 96 test matches for England (1990–2004), 56 as captain
- hussein — 1935–1999, king of Jordan 1953–99.
- husting — A platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
- hutongs — Plural form of hutong.
- huygens — Christian [kris-chuh n;; Dutch kris-tee-ahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1629–95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
- hyginus — Saint, died a.d. 140, pope 136–140.
- ictinus — flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- igneous — Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- iguanas — Plural form of iguana.
- impugns — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- in situ — in the original place
- inburst — an irruption
- incluse — recluse (def 2).
- incrust — to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- incudes — a plural of incus.
- incused — Simple past tense and past participle of incuse.
- incuses — Plural form of incuse.
- induces — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inducts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of induct.
- indusia — Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
- infaust — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.
- infused — Simple past tense and past participle of infuse.
- infuser — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- infuses — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.