These are the meanings of the letters NBUCEA when you unscramble them.
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Acne (n.)
A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.
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Bane (n.)
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
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Bane (n.)
Destruction; death.
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Bane (n.)
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
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Bane (n.)
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
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Bane (v. t.)
To be the bane of; to ruin.
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Bean (n.)
A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
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Bean (n.)
The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
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Beau (n.)
A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
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Beau (n.)
A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.
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Cane (n.)
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
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Cane (n.)
Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
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Cane (n.)
Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.
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Cane (n.)
A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.
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Cane (n.)
A lance or dart made of cane.
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Cane (n.)
A local European measure of length. See Canna.
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Cane (v. t.)
To beat with a cane.
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Cane (v. t.)
To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
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Cube (n.)
A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
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Cube (n.)
The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
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Cube (v. t.)
To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
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Unbe (v. t.)
To cause not to be; to cause to be another.