9-letter words containing c, e, r, u
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquerer — One who lacquers.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecturers — Plural form of lecturer.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- liquorice — licorice.
- 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).
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- macquarie — a river in SE Australia, in New South Wales, flowing NW to the Darling River. 750 miles (1210 km) long.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manurance — the cultivation or occupation of land
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- mccullers — Carson [kahr-suh n] /ˈkɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- mercurate — Also, mercuriate [mer-kyoo r-ee-it, -eyt] /mərˈkyʊər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ (Show IPA). any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- mercurify — to mix with mercury; amalgamate.
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- mercurize — mercurate (def 2).
- mercurous — containing univalent mercury, Hg +1 or Hg 2 +2 .
- mercyfull — Obsolete spelling of merciful.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- muckender — (obsolete) A handkerchief.
- muckraked — Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
- muckraker — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- mudsucker — a goby, Gillichthys mirabilis, of California, used as bait.