8-letter words containing i, n, a, r, u
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- maroquin — morocco leather
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- narquois — mocking, malicious, or snide
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naturist — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- nuristan — a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- nutarian — a person whose food intake consists chiefly of nuts or nut-based products or dishes
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- painture — the art or act of painting
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- planuria — an expulsion of urine from an abnormal opening
- prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- quarrian — a cockatiel, Leptolophus hollandicus, of scrub and woodland regions of inland Australia, that feeds on seeds and grasses
- quarrion — A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
- quartine — (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
- quatrain — a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
- quiktran — Fortran-like, interactive with debugging facilities. Sammet 1969, p.226.
- quirinal — one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
- rail gun — a weapon consisting of a pair of parallel conductive rails, using a magnetic field and electric current to launch projectiles at very high velocity.
- rain out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rain-out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- ranarium — a place for keeping or rearing frogs
- rapa nui — Easter Island.
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- roumania — Romania.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.