8-letter words containing i, r, u
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- muciform — Resembling mucus.
- mudbrick — A brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun rather than being fired.
- mufulira — a city in N central Zambia, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.
- multicar — involving several cars
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- muralism — an artistic movement identified chiefly with the Mexican painters José Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Siqueiros and exemplified by their grand-scale, narrative murals on humanitarian, social, and political themes.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- murexide — a reddish-purple, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 8 N 6 O 6 , having a green luster, formerly used as a dye.
- muriatic — (not in scientific use) of or derived from muriatic acid.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
- muriform — (of cells, spores, etc) having a regular arrangement, as bricks in a wall
- murkiest — Superlative form of murky.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- musicker — a musician
- mutineer — a person who mutinies.
- 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.
- neuritic — inflammation of a nerve.
- neuritis — inflammation of a nerve.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- neurosis — Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrino — any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- neutrois — noting or relating to a person of neutral gender who also lacks a specific gender identity.
- nidorous — (literary) Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
- nip curn — a tightfisted woman
- 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.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- 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).
- nursling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- nutarian — a person whose food intake consists chiefly of nuts or nut-based products or dishes
- nutrient — nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.