Words Containing NU
Explore a range of words that include the letter NU, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring NU.
2 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| nu | 2 | the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
3 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| nut | 3 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | a car nut |
| nun | 3 | a buoy resembling a cone | - |
| gnu | 4 | large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | - |
| nub | 5 | a small lump or protuberance | - |
| nus | 3 | - | - |
| nur | 3 | - | - |
| nug | 4 | - | - |
4 letter words
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| nuts | 4 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| menu | 6 | a list of dishes available at a restaurant | the menu was in French |
| nude | 5 | a statue of a naked human figure | - |
| numb | 8 | make numb or insensitive | The shock numbed her senses |
| anus | 4 | the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal | - |
| nuke | 8 | cook or heat in a microwave oven | - |
| null | 4 | lacking any legal or binding force | null and void |
| knut | 8 | king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035) | - |
| snug | 5 | a small secluded room | - |
| snub | 6 | an instance of driving away or warding off | - |
| onus | 4 | an onerous or difficult concern | - |
| nurr | 4 | - | - |
| nubs | 6 | - | - |
| nurl | 4 | - | - |
| nurd | 5 | - | - |
| nuns | 4 | - | - |
| nuff | 10 | - | - |
| nurs | 4 | - | - |
| genu | 5 | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella | - |
| gnus | 5 | - | - |
| enuf | 7 | - | - |
| knur | 8 | - | - |
| knub | 10 | - | - |
| nugs | 5 | - | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| nurse | 5 | a woman who is the custodian of children | - |
| minus | 7 | an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated | four minus three equals one |
| bonus | 7 | an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | - |
| venus | 8 | type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells | - |
| snuck | 11 | - | - |
| venue | 8 | the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | - |
| nutty | 8 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| donut | 6 | a small ring-shaped friedcake | - |
| snuff | 11 | sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | - |
| linux | 12 | an open-source version of the UNIX operating system | - |
| nudge | 7 | to push against gently | She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant |
| sinus | 5 | a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel | - |
| sunup | 7 | the first light of day | - |
| nudie | 6 | - | - |
| manus | 7 | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | - |
| genus | 6 | a general kind of something | ignore the genus communism |
| annul | 5 | cancel officially | - |
| ennui | 5 | the feeling of being bored by something tedious | - |
| pinup | 9 | - | - |
| nuddy | 10 | - | - |
| nubby | 12 | of textiles; having a rough surface | - |
| tonus | 5 | the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | - |
| cornu | 7 | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape | - |
| enurn | 5 | - | - |
| nummy | 12 | - | - |
| anura | 5 | frogs, toads, tree toads | - |
| nudes | 6 | - | - |
| nuder | 6 | - | - |
| nucha | 10 | the back side of the neck | - |
| nubia | 7 | an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser | - |
| numen | 7 | a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) | - |
| numbs | 9 | - | - |
| nulls | 5 | - | - |
| nulla | 5 | - | - |
| nukes | 9 | - | - |
| nuked | 10 | - | - |
| nugae | 6 | - | - |
| nuffs | 11 | - | - |
| nunny | 8 | - | - |
| nurds | 6 | - | - |
| nutsy | 8 | - | - |
| nutso | 5 | - | - |
| nurrs | 5 | - | - |
| nurls | 5 | - | - |
| nurdy | 9 | - | - |
| nudzh | 18 | - | - |
| tenue | 5 | - | - |
| snubs | 7 | - | - |
| snush | 8 | - | - |
| snugs | 6 | - | - |
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6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| number | 10 | put into a group | - |
| minute | 8 | an indefinitely short time | it only takes a minute |
| avenue | 9 | a wide street or thoroughfare | - |
| manual | 8 | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle | - |
| peanut | 8 | widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground | - |
| annual | 6 | a reference book that is published regularly once every year | - |
| nudity | 10 | the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind | - |
| eunuch | 11 | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | eunuchs guarded the harem |
| manure | 8 | spread manure, as for fertilization | - |
| walnut | 9 | any of various trees of the genus Juglans | - |
| nutter | 6 | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | - |
| magnum | 11 | a large wine bottle for liquor or wine | - |
| nugget | 8 | a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth | - |
| tenure | 6 | the term during which some position is held | - |
| nursed | 7 | (of an infant) breast-fed | - |
| unused | 7 | not in active use | - |
| nudist | 7 | a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion | - |
| anuses | 6 | - | - |
| nutmeg | 9 | East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace | - |
| nuance | 8 | a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor |
| nuclei | 8 | - | - |
| nullah | 9 | a ravine or gully in southern Asia | - |
| nuncle | 8 | - | - |
| nuncio | 8 | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status | - |
| nubile | 8 | of girls or women who are eligible to marry | - |
| penury | 11 | a state of extreme poverty or destitution | - |
| nuzzle | 24 | rub noses | - |
| snugly | 10 | fitting closely | the vest fit snugly |
| nudism | 9 | going without clothes as a social practice | - |
| lanugo | 7 | the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation | - |
| inured | 7 | made tough by habitual exposure | a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured |
| nudnik | 11 | (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest | - |
| snuffy | 15 | - | - |
| minuet | 8 | a stately court dance in the 17th century | - |
| acinus | 8 | one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry | - |
| benumb | 12 | make numb or insensitive | - |
| clonus | 8 | convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations | - |
| cobnut | 10 | small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe | - |
| conure | 8 | - | - |
| canula | 8 | - | - |
| annuli | 6 | - | - |
| annuls | 6 | - | - |
| anuric | 8 | of or relating to an inability to urinate | - |
| anuria | 6 | inability to urinate | - |
| anuran | 6 | any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | - |
| anural | 6 | - | - |
| arnuts | 6 | - | - |
| cornua | 8 | - | - |
| cornus | 8 | a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere | - |
| crinum | 10 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| minutes | 9 | a written account of what transpired at a meeting | - |
| numbers | 11 | an illegal daily lottery | - |
| unusual | 7 | being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird | - |
| nuclear | 9 | (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy | nuclear war |
| genuine | 8 | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | a genuine dilemma |
| coconut | 11 | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | - |
| nursing | 8 | nourishing at the breast | - |
| peanuts | 9 | an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount | her salary is peanuts compared to his |
| nursery | 10 | a child's room for a baby | - |
| revenue | 10 | government income due to taxation | - |
| nutcase | 9 | someone deranged and possibly dangerous | - |
| nucleus | 9 | a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | - |
| knuckle | 17 | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed | - |
| cleanup | 11 | the act of making something clean | - |
| nurture | 7 | the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | - |
| grownup | 13 | a fully developed person from maturity onward | - |
| bonuses | 9 | - | - |
| hanuman | 12 | langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | - |
| tetanus | 7 | an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | - |
| snuggle | 9 | position comfortably | - |
| nuptial | 9 | of or relating to a wedding | nuptial day |
| nunnery | 10 | the convent of a community of nuns | - |
| nuances | 9 | - | - |
| tenuous | 7 | lacking substance or significance | a tenuous argument |
| sternum | 9 | the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | - |
| numbing | 12 | causing numbness or insensitivity | the numbing effect of grief |
| sinuses | 7 | - | - |
| annuity | 10 | income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments | his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity |
| numeral | 9 | a symbol used to represent a number | he learned to write the numerals before he went to school |
| nudging | 10 | - | - |
| retinue | 7 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
| nullify | 13 | declare invalid | - |
| ingenue | 8 | an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl | - |
| numeric | 11 | measured or expressed in numbers | numerical value |
| alumnus | 9 | a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | - |
| tenured | 8 | appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime | a tenured professor |
| sinuous | 7 | curved or curving in and out | - |
| jejunum | 23 | the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum | - |
| nullity | 10 | the state of nonexistence | - |
| cornuto | 9 | - | - |
| nuttier | 7 | - | - |
| inuring | 8 | - | - |
| granule | 8 | a tiny grain | - |
| snuffer | 13 | a person who uses snuff | - |
| parvenu | 12 | characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | - |
| nutting | 8 | - | - |
| arcanum | 11 | information known only to a special group | - |
| snuffle | 13 | the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | - |
| cobnuts | 11 | - | - |
| colonus | 9 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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| continue | 10 | continue a certain state, condition, or activity | We continued to work into the night |
| nuisance | 10 | a bothersome annoying person | - |
| numerous | 10 | amounting to a large indefinite number | numerous times |
| monument | 12 | a burial vault (usually for some famous person) | - |
| doughnut | 13 | a toroidal shape | - |
| platinum | 12 | a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits | - |
| aluminum | 12 | a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | - |
| knuckles | 18 | (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | - |
| chestnut | 13 | any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | - |
| manually | 13 | by hand | this car shifts manually |
| nuthouse | 11 | pejorative terms for an insane asylum | - |
| nutshell | 11 | the shell around the kernel of a nut | - |
| nurtured | 9 | - | - |
| annually | 11 | by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) | - |
| annulled | 9 | - | - |
| terminus | 10 | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome | - |
| numbness | 12 | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | - |
| innuendo | 9 | an indirect (and usually malicious) implication | - |
| nutrient | 8 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| laudanum | 11 | narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient | - |
| nuptials | 10 | the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | - |
| hazelnut | 20 | any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk | - |
| snuggled | 11 | drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection | like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms |
| unusable | 10 | not capable of being used | - |
| numskull | 14 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| biannual | 10 | occurring or payable twice each year | - |
| duodenum | 12 | the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum | - |
| snuffles | 14 | - | - |
| benumbed | 15 | lacking sensation | - |
| minutely | 13 | in minute detail | our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses |
| minutiae | 10 | - | - |
| inundate | 9 | fill or cover completely, usually with water | - |
| continua | 10 | - | - |
| granular | 9 | composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | granular sugar |
| snuffbox | 23 | a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket | - |
| snubbing | 13 | - | - |
| cocoanut | 12 | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | - |
| nuthatch | 16 | any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | - |
| nonunion | 8 | not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union | nonunion carpenters |
| knuckler | 18 | a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | - |
| penumbra | 14 | a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra | - |
| unuseful | 11 | - | - |
| nugatory | 12 | of no real value | a nugatory law |
| manuring | 11 | - | - |
| snuggery | 13 | a small secluded room | - |
| bonusing | 11 | - | - |
| bonussed | 11 | - | - |
| bonusses | 10 | - | - |
| beernuts | 10 | - | - |
| wingnuts | 12 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| continued | 12 | without stop or interruption | to insure the continued success of the war |
| genuinely | 13 | genuinely; with authority | - |
| nutrition | 9 | a source of materials to nourish the body | - |
| unusually | 12 | to a remarkable degree or extent | she was unusually tall |
| continuum | 13 | a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts | - |
| ingenuity | 13 | the property of being ingenious | a plot of great ingenuity |
| nurturing | 10 | - | - |
| nursemaid | 12 | a woman who is the custodian of children | - |
| outnumber | 13 | be larger in number | - |
| insinuate | 9 | give to understand | I insinuated that I did not like his wife |
| annulment | 11 | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | - |
| inundated | 11 | covered with water | inundated farmlands |
| conundrum | 14 | a difficult problem | - |
| continual | 11 | having no interruptions | `continual' is often used interchangeably with `continuous' |
| strenuous | 9 | taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | a strenuous task |
| numbskull | 17 | - | - |
| numerical | 13 | measured or expressed in numbers | numerical value |
| minuscule | 13 | the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case | - |
| numbering | 14 | a numbered list | - |
| enunciate | 11 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | - |
| ingenuous | 10 | lacking in sophistication or worldliness | his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it |
| snuggling | 12 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| nurseries | 9 | - | - |
| sinusitis | 9 | inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses | - |
| nullified | 13 | deprived of legal force | - |
| numerator | 11 | the dividend of a fraction | - |
| fenugreek | 17 | annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry | - |
| snuffling | 16 | liable to sniffle | - |
| minuteman | 13 | an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution | - |
| numbingly | 17 | - | - |
| annulling | 10 | - | - |
| butternut | 11 | North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye | - |
| enumerate | 11 | determine the number or amount of | - |
| genuflect | 15 | bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | - |
| nullifier | 12 | an official who can invalidate or nullify | - |
| nuttiness | 9 | - | - |
| nutritive | 12 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| nutriment | 11 | a source of materials to nourish the body | - |
| groundnut | 11 | a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans | - |
| continuer | 11 | - | - |
| sostenuto | 9 | - | - |
| xenurines | 16 | - | - |
| arcminute | 13 | a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | - |
| annuitise | 9 | - | - |
| annuitize | 18 | - | - |
| bonusings | 12 | - | - |
| bonussing | 12 | - | - |
| elaeagnus | 10 | oleaster | - |
| coconutty | 16 | - | - |
| snugglier | 11 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| continuing | 13 | of long duration | - |
| manuscript | 16 | handwritten book or document | - |
| continuous | 12 | continuing in time or space without interruption | a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light |
| continuity | 15 | the property of a continuous and connected period of time | - |
| nutritious | 10 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| monumental | 14 | imposing in size or bulk or solidity | a monumental scale |
| nutcracker | 18 | any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | - |
| numerology | 16 | the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs | - |
| hypotenuse | 18 | the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle | - |
| diminutive | 16 | very small | diminutive in stature |
| prenuptial | 14 | relating to events before a marriage | prenuptial agreement |
| numberless | 14 | too numerous to be counted | - |
| insinuated | 11 | - | - |
| molybdenum | 20 | a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel | - |
| cornucopia | 16 | a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity | - |
| attenuated | 11 | reduced in strength | - |
| diminuendo | 14 | (music) gradually decreasing in volume | - |
| inundation | 11 | an overwhelming number or amount | - |
| biannually | 15 | twice a year | we hold our big sale biannually |
| comminuted | 17 | - | - |
| subnuclear | 14 | - | - |
| granulated | 12 | made grainy or formed into granules | granulated sugar |
| innumerous | 12 | too numerous to be counted | - |
| amanuensis | 12 | someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) | - |
| renunciant | 12 | used especially of behavior | - |
| diminution | 13 | the act of decreasing or reducing something | - |
| gallinules | 11 | - | - |
| fenugreeks | 18 | - | - |
| extenuator | 17 | - | - |
| extenuates | 17 | - | - |
| extenuated | 18 | - | - |
| eunuchised | 16 | - | - |
| eunuchises | 15 | - | - |
| eunuchisms | 17 | - | - |
| eunuchoids | 16 | - | - |
| eunuchizes | 24 | - | - |
| eunuchized | 25 | - | - |
| exonumists | 19 | - | - |
| episternum | 14 | - | - |
| encoignure | 13 | - | - |
| enunciated | 13 | - | - |
| enunciable | 14 | - | - |
| enumerator | 12 | someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes | - |
| enumerates | 12 | - | - |
| enumerated | 13 | - | - |
| enumerable | 14 | that can be counted | - |
| enucleates | 12 | - | - |
| enucleated | 13 | - | - |
| enunciates | 12 | - | - |
| enunciator | 12 | - | - |
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