7-letter words containing n, i, u
- ruffian — a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.
- rugging — a bulky, coarse fabric with a full nap, used as a floor covering.
- ruinate — to ruin.
- ruining — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- rule in — If you say that you are not ruling in a particular course of action, you mean that you have not definitely decided to take that action.
- rullion — a rawhide shoe
- rumania — Romania.
- ruminal — (of an animal) ruminant
- running — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- runnion — a woman
- runtish — an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rushing — the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- russian — of or relating to Russia, its people, or their language.
- rusting — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- rutting — the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
- samnium — an ancient country in central Italy.
- sangui- — blood
- sanious — characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- saurian — belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards.
- scullin — James Henry, 1876–1953, Australian statesman: prime minister 1929–31.
- sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- senussi — a member of a zealous and aggressive Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 by Sidi Mohammed ibn Ali al Senussi (?1787–1859)
- shin up — If you shin up a tree or a pole, you climb it quickly and easily, using your hands and legs to grip it.
- shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- shut-in — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- si unit — See under International System of Units.
- sichuan — a province in S central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). Capital: Chengdu.
- sigmund — (in the Volsunga Saga) the son of Volsung and Liod; the father, through his sister, Signy, of Sinfjotli; the husband first of Borghild, then of Hjordis; and the father of Sigurd.
- sign up — a token; indication.
- sign-up — an act or instance of signing up.
- signups — an act or instance of signing up.
- silenus — a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- singult — a sob
- sinuate — bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- sinuiju — a city in W North Korea, on the Yalu River.
- sinuose — sinuous
- sinuous — having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
- sirenum — Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- sirtuin — a protein that regulates cell metabolism and ageing
- six-gun — a six-shooter.
- ski run — a trail, slope, course, or the like, used for skiing.
- skin up — to roll (a cannabis cigarette)
- skinful — the amount that a skin container can hold.
- socinus — Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- soupfin — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- souring — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- soutine — Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.