9-letter words containing a, i, r, c, u
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- intraclub — Within a club.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- judicator — a person who acts as judge or sits in judgment.
- judiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- justiciar — a high judicial officer in medieval England.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- macquarie — a river in SE Australia, in New South Wales, flowing NW to the Darling River. 750 miles (1210 km) long.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- narcissus — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- nicaragua — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- nuisancer — a person that creates a nuisance or public offence
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- practicum — (in a college or university) the part of a course consisting of practical work in a particular field.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- quadratic — square.
- quadricep — Quadriceps.
- querencia — (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. (from 1930s).