9-letter words containing d, i, u, r
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- gurdjieff — George Ivanovich (George S. Georgiades) 1872–1949, Armenian-born spiritual leader and author.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydronium — (inorganic chemistry) the hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+.
- ibn rushd — Arabic name of Averroës.
- ibn-rushd — Averroës
- immatured — Not having matured.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- in sunder — into pieces; apart
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- indenture — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- indirubin — an isomer of indigotin which may be naturally extracted from the Indigo plant of China, and effective in the treatment of leukaemia
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- indurable — Archaic form of endurable.
- indurance — Obsolete form of endurance.
- indurated — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inerudite — Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.
- inodorous — not odorous; odorless.
- interduce — (construction) An intertie.
- interlude — an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- intrigued — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introduct — (obsolete) To instruct.
- intruders — Plural form of intruder.
- intruding — Present participle of intrude.
- intrusted — entrust.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- ironbound — bound with iron.
- irukandji — a tiny but highly venomous Australian jellyfish
- isandrous — having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- juddering — Present participle of judder.
- 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.