8-letter words containing i, r, u
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- maroquin — morocco leather
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- masurium — technetium
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
- merciful — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercouri — Melina (məˈliːnə). 1925–94, Greek actress and politician: her films include Never on Sunday (1960); minister of culture (1981–85 and 1993–94)
- mercuric — of or containing mercury, especially in the bivalent state.
- meringue — merengue.
- meuniere — (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.
- microbus — minibus.
- microlux — a millionth of a lux
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- micrurgy — the manipulation and examination of single cells under a microscope
- milk run — a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty: The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
- mill run — a quantity of ore whose quality or mineral content is tested by milling
- mill-run — coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted: mill-run carpets.
- millburn — a township in NE New Jersey.
- millbury — a city in central Massachusetts.
- 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.
- mirabeau — Honoré Gabriel Victor Riqueti [aw-naw-rey ga-bree-el veek-tawr reekuh-tee] /ɔ nɔˈreɪ ga briˈɛl vikˈtɔr rikəˈti/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.
- miracula — An implementation of a subset of Miranda by Stefan Kahrs <[email protected]>, LFCS, no modules or files. Can be interactively switched between eager and lazy evaluation. Portable source in C from the author.
- mirthful — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- misruled — Simple past tense and past participle of misrule.
- misruler — One who rules badly.
- misrules — Plural form of misrule.
- missouri — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- mistrust — lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- mistruth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- mistutor — to teach badly or wrongly
- misusers — Plural form of misuser.
- mixtures — Plural form of mixture.
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- motorium — the area of the brain or nervous system involved in movement
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.