Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 57 compound words that contain nus. The most common are listed below. Open nus in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- Ville-sur-NusA frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.
- movable nusplural of movable nu: The letter nu placed on the end of some grammatical forms in Attic or Ionic Greek, to avoid two vowels in a row (hiatus) or to create a long syllable in poetic meter.
- nus movableplural of nu movable: The letter nu placed on the end of some grammatical forms in Attic or Ionic Greek, to avoid two vowels in a row (hiatus) or to create a long syllable in poetic meter.
- sheng nusplural of sheng nu: A woman in her mid- to late twenties and not yet married, particularly an unmarried successful businesswoman.
- chu-ko-nusplural of chu-ko-nu: An early Chinese repeating crossbow.
- ephelcystic nusplural of ephelcystic nu: Euphonic nu ⟨ν⟩ (n). Consonant ⟨ν⟩ affixed to vowel endings of some Ancient Greek grammatical forms to produce euphony: in prevocalic position, to avoid sounding two vowels in a row (hiatus), and prevent elision …
Compound words 57
- UranusThe seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.
- alumnusA male pupil or student.
- MagnusA male given name from Latin of mostly Scottish and Scandinavian usage.
- CronusThe youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
- prunusA type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
- DelphinusA small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.
- SilvanusA god of forests.
- AvernusThe entrance to Hell or the underworld, or the underworld itself.
- cornusAny of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.
- pandanusAny of various palm-like plants in the genus Pandanus.