9-letter words containing a, n, u, l, r
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pull rank — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pure land — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- quantrill — William Clarke, 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- relaunder — to launder again
- reluctant — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- resultant — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- retinular — of or relating to the retinula
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- roundball — basketball
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- rub along — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
- run along — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ruralness — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- slangular — relating to slang
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- stralsund — a seaport in NE Germany: a member of the medieval Hanseatic League; besieged by Wallenstein 1628.
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- sublunary — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- subneural — beneath or below a nerve
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- tarantula — any of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite.
- tarpaulin — a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- tenurable — related to an academic post carrying tenure
- traguline — like or characteristic of a tragule
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- trial run — a preliminary performance or test of something, as of the operation of a ship or the effectiveness of a play.
- triannual — done, occurring, issued, etc., three times a year.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- turn tail — the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- turnhalle — a building in which gymnastics is taught and practised
- turntable — the rotating disk that spins the record on a phonograph.
- uitlander — a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- ultradian — of or relating to a biorhythm having a period of less than 24 hours.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- ultrathin — extremely thin: an ultrathin wristwatch.
- ultratiny — extremely small or minute
- unalarmed — a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.