8-letter words containing n, o, u, r
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- decurion — a local councillor
- deuteron — the nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of one proton and one neutron
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dortmund — a city in W Germany.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- dourness — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- drummond — Henry, 1851–97, Scottish clergyman and writer.
- duntroon — a suburb of Canberra: seat of the Royal Military College of Australia
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- en route — on the way
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- enarmour — To clothe with protective coverings.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- enormous — very big
- enshroud — Envelop completely and hide from view.
- eruption — An act or instance of erupting.
- eurobond — Eurobonds are bonds which are issued in a particular European currency and sold to people from a country with a different currency.
- euroland — also Eurozone
- euronext — a European stock exchange formed by the amalgamation of the Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam bourses
- euronote — a form of euro-commercial paper consisting of short-term negotiable bearer notes
- european — geography
- eurozone — The group of European Union nations whose national currency is the euro.
- ferguson — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flouring — Present participle of flour.
- fluorene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- fluorine — the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
- foreruns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forerun.
- forswunk — overworked
- fortuned — Simple past tense and past participle of fortune.
- fortunes — Plural form of fortune.
- founders — Plural form of founder.
- foundery — Alternative form of foundry.
- fourness — The property of being four in number.
- fourteen — a cardinal number, ten plus four.
- frondeur — a rebel; rioter.
- front up — to pay (money) at the beginning of a business arrangement
- frounced — Simple past tense and past participle of frounce.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.