11-letter words containing e, n, t, r, u
- intervallum — an interval of time
- intervenous — (anatomy, botany) Between veins.
- intraneural — (medicine) Within a nerve.
- intrasexual — Within a group of individuals of the same sex.
- intravenous — within a vein.
- intreatfull — full of entreaty
- intriguante — a female intrigant
- introducers — Plural form of introducer.
- intrusive r — linking r (def 2).
- intrusive-r — the r- sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r- dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as [fah] /fɑ/ (Show IPA) becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as [fahr-uh-wey] /ˈfɑr əˈweɪ/ (Show IPA).
- intrusively — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- inturbidate — to make turbid
- inutterable — unutterable.
- investiture — the act or process of investing.
- invigourate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- irondequoit — a city in W New York.
- irreduction — the state or condition of not being reduced
- itinerarium — a prayer in the breviary, used by a priest about to begin a journey.
- john sutter — John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
- juniper tar — a medicinal tar derived from the European juniper Juniperus oxycedrus: used topically in the treatment of certain skin diseases.
- junk market — the market for junk bonds
- juramentado — (formerly) a Muslim, especially a Moro, bound by an oath to be killed fighting against Christians and other infidels.
- jus naturae — law of nature; natural law
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- launderette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- lautreamont — Comte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- lens turret — a rotating device on a camera for bringing any of several lenses in front of the shutter.
- leukotriene — a lipid, C 20 H 30 O 3 , produced by white blood cells in an immune response to antigens, that contributes to allergic asthma and inflammatory reactions.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- luoravetlan — Chukotian.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- mauretanian — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- measurement — the act of measuring.
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- menstruated — Simple past tense and past participle of menstruate.
- menstruates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of menstruate.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mensurative — adapted for or concerned with measuring.