9-letter words containing e, u, r, o
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- inferiour — Obsolete spelling of inferior.
- infortune — Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
- inquorate — (of an assembly) unable to proceed effectively because not enough members are present to make up a quorum.
- integrous — (rare) Having or characterized by integrity.
- 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.
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- isomerous — having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- jonquiere — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- journeyed — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- journeyer — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- jump rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- jurywomen — Plural form of jurywoman.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- la tortue — French name of Tortuga.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- liquorice — licorice.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- maneouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- manoeuver — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- meadowrue — A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum.
- meandrous — meandering; winding; rambling.