8-letter words containing i, r, u
- knurling — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kurtosis — the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode.
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- lararium — (in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- laurasia — a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia.
- lazurite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate and sulfide, Na 5 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 S 3 , occurring in deep-blue crystals, used for ornamental purposes.
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- leisures — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- leuricus — Leofric.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- liberius — died a.d. 366, pope 352–366.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lilburne — John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War
- lilyturf — liriope.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- liqueurs — Plural form of liqueur.
- liquored — Simple past tense and past participle of liquor.
- lithuria — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the urine.
- liturgic — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- loquitur — (he or she) speaks (with the speaker’s name following, as a stage direction or to inform the reader).
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- lucifers — Plural form of lucifer.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- lunarian — a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- luringly — in a luring or inviting manner
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lutherie — The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- luxuries — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- luxurist — a lover of luxury
- maiasaur — a large hadrosaur, Maiasaura peeblesorum, that is thought to have cared for its young.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- mamurius — a smith who made 11 copies of the Ancile to prevent thieves from recognizing the original.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.