9-letter words containing c, e, r, u
- quicklier — (rare, literary, dated) More quickly; with greater rapidity.
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- reacquire — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- reactuate — to activate (something) again
- ready-cut — (of wood, tiles, glass, etc) cut to size before being sold
- recapture — to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- rechauffe — a warmed-up dish of food.
- reclusely — in a solitary or recluse manner, as or like a recluse; reclusively
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reclusive — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- reconduct — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconquer — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recontour — the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- recounted — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recounter — someone who recounts or narrates a story
- recruital — an act of recruiting
- recruiter — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- rectitude — rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- recurrent — that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
- recurring — occurring or appearing again.
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- recursive — recursion
- recurvate — bent back or backward; recurved.
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- recutting — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- red cloud — 1822-1909; Dakota Indian chief
- red count — a count of the red cells in a person's blood.
- rediscuss — to discuss again
- reducible — capable of being reduced.
- reductant — a reducing agent which as it is oxidized is capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- reducting — to reduce.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- reductive — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- reeducate — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- relacquer — to apply a new coat of lacquer to (something)
- reluctant — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- reluctate — to show reluctance.
- renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- reoccured — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- repercuss — to have or cause repercussions
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.