9-letter words containing m, u, c, r
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- semicured — partly cured or preserved
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- set scrum — the act or method of restarting play after an infringement, called by the referee, when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- succumber — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- surf clam — any of several typically large common clams of the family Mactridae, inhabiting the zone of breaking surf in coastal waters.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- taraxacum — the dried roots of any of several composite plants of the genus Taraxacum, as the dandelion, T. officinale or T. laevigatum, used in medicine in powdered or fluidextract form chiefly as a tonic and aperient.
- touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
- traumatic — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- udometric — of or relating to an udometer
- umbracula — umbrella-like structures
- unamerced — not amerced or punished
- uncharmed — marked by good fortune or privilege: a charmed life.
- unconform — dissimilar or not conformed to
- uncrumple — to eliminate crumples from
- urochrome — a yellow-colored pigment that gives the color to urine.
- vermicule — a small, wormlike structure.
- very much — greatly
- zirconium — a metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically: used in steel metallurgy, as a scavenger, as a refractory, and as an opacifier in vitreous enamels. Symbol: Zr; atomic weight: 91.22; atomic number: 40; specific gravity: 6.49 at 20°C.
- zuckerman — Solly (ˈsɒlɪ), Baron. 1904–93, British zoologist, born in South Africa; chief scientific adviser (1964–71) to the British Government. His books include The Social Life of Monkeys (1932) and the autobiography From Apes to Warlords (1978)