9-letter words containing l, e, m, u, r
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
- reticulum — any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- slum area — an area of a city filled with slums
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- supermale — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- supremely — highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
- surmullet — a goatfish, especially one of the European species used for food.
- tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- tremulate — to make a tremulous sound
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- tularemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- tullamore — the county town of Offaly, Republic of Ireland; food processing and brewing. Pop: 11 098 (2002)
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- umbratile — shadowy; shady
- unalarmed — a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- uncrumple — to eliminate crumples from
- unrealism — abstractionism or a representation lacking a direct relation to a tangible or concrete object
- unrumpled — neat
- vermicule — a small, wormlike structure.
- volumeter — any of various instruments or devices for measuring volume, as of gases, liquids, or solids.
- volumetry — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volumizer — a product that gives extra body to the hair
- yarmulkes — Plural form of yarmulke.