6-letter words containing u, n
- canula — cannula.
- canute — died 1035, Danish king of England (1016–35), Denmark (1018–35), and Norway (1028–35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028)
- census — A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.
- centum — denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches
- chaunk — (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.
- chaunt — chant
- chinju — a city in S central South Korea, W of Pusan.
- chonju — a city in SW South Korea: centre of large rice-growing region. Pop: 643 000 (2005 est)
- chunks — Plural form of chunk.
- chunky — A chunky person is broad and heavy.
- chunni — A long scarf worn by South Asian women.
- churns — Plural form of churn.
- cinque — the number five in cards, dice, etc
- clonus — a type of convulsion characterized by rapid contraction and relaxation of a muscle
- cluing — anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clunch — hardened clay
- clunge — (UK, vulgar, slang, mostly, internet) vagina.
- clunks — Plural form of clunk.
- clunky — If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
- cnidus — an ancient Greek city in SW Asia Minor: famous for its school of medicine
- cobnut — filbert
- cohune — a tropical American feather palm, Attalea (or Orbignya) cohune, whose large oily nuts yield an oil similar to coconut oil
- column — A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
- comune — The smallest civil administrative unit in Italy.
- concur — If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- congou — a kind of black tea from China
- conium — either of the two N temperate plants of the umbelliferous genus Conium, esp hemlock
- conque — Alternative spelling of conch.
- consul — A consul is an official who is sent by his or her government to live in a foreign city in order to look after all the people there that belong to his or her own country.
- conure — any of various small American parrots of the genus Aratinga and related genera
- cornua — a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- cornus — any member of the genus Cornus, such as dogwood
- coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- cougan — a rowdy person, esp one who drinks large quantities of alcohol
- counts — Plural form of count.
- county — A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
- coupon — a ticket issued to facilitate rationing
- cousin — Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt.
- couzin — a friend
- crinum — any plant of the mostly tropical amaryllidaceous genus Crinum, having straplike leaves and clusters of lily-like flowers
- cronus — a Titan, son of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth), who ruled the world until his son Zeus dethroned him
- cronut — A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut.
- cruden — Alexander. 1701–70, Scottish bookseller and compiler of a well-known biblical concordance (1737)
- crumen — the suborbital gland in sheep, deer, or antelopes
- crunch — If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
- cruzan — a native or inhabitant of St. Croix.
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cuanza — a river in central Angola, flowing NW and W to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- cubane — a rare octahedral hydrocarbon formed by eight CH groups, each of which is situated at the corner of a cube. Formula: C8H8
- cubing — a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.