6-letter words containing u, n, r
- langur — any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- lauren — a female given name.
- laurin — (chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- lebrun — Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1950, president of France 1932–40.
- lucern — (obsolete) A lamp.
- lunary — (obsolete) lunar.
- lunger — a person or thing that lunges.
- lunker — something unusually large for its kind.
- lunner — A meal consumed between lunchtime and dinnertime, consisting of food items from the respective meals.
- lurdan — a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- luring — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lusern — (obsolete) A lynx.
- luzern — Lucerne.
- manour — Obsolete spelling of manor.
- mansur — (ʿAbdullāh al-Mansūr) a.d. 712?–775, Arab caliph 754–775: founder of Baghdad 764.
- manure — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- minour — Obsolete form of minor.
- misrun — an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- mourne — The armed or feruled end of a staff.
- mourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mourn.
- munroe — Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- munter — (British, slang, pejorative) An ugly person.
- murano — an island suburb of Venice: cathedral; noted for Venetian glass manufacture.
- murein — Peptidoglycan, mucopeptide.
- murine — belonging or pertaining to the Muridae, the family of rodents that includes the mice and rats.
- muring — Present participle of mure.
- n'dour — Youssou (ˈjusu). born 1959, Senegalese singer and musician, whose work has popularized African music in the West; recordings include Nelson Mandela (1986), Eyes Open (1992), and Nothing's in Vain (2002)
- nagpur — a city in NE Maharashtra, in central India: former capital of the Central Provinces and Berar.
- nakuru — a town in W Kenya, on Lake Nakuru: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 264 000 (2005 est)
- naruto — A type of kamaboko.
- natrum — Lb homeopathy sodium.
- natura — nature
- nature — has the X nature
- nereus — a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- neruda — Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuro- — Neuro- is used to form words that refer or relate to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuron — artificial neural network
- neuter — Grammar. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. (of a verb) intransitive.
- neutra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- nimrud — modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.
- nippur — an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city in SE Iraq: partially excavated.
- nistru — Romanian name of Dniester.
- nomura — Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- nordau — Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- nowruz — the Persian New Year's Day.
- nubber — (baseball) A batted ball that travels slowly and not very far, typically because the ball is hit on the end of the fat part of the bat.
- nudger — One who, or that which, nudges.
- nuggar — a sailing boat used to carry cargo on the Nile
- number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.