9-letter words containing c, e, r, u
- fraîcheur — freshness
- frequence — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- fructuate — to bear fruit
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- furcately — in a furcate manner
- furuncles — Plural form of furuncle.
- gaucherie — lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
- gracefull — Archaic form of graceful.
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- grauncher — a person who crushes or destroys
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- gumsucker — a native-born Australian
- gun crime — offences involving firearms
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- heucheras — Plural form of heuchera.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- huaraches — Plural form of huarache.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- humbucker — (music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series - to
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- incisures — Plural form of incisure.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- inculture — (obsolete) Lack or neglect of cultivation or culture.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- incurrent — carrying or relating to an inward current.
- incursive — making incursions.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- indurance — Obsolete form of endurance.
- 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
- interclub — a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- interduce — (construction) An intertie.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.