9-letter words containing n, u, l, i
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- singultus — a hiccup.
- sinuslike — like the sinus
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- spun silk — yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
- squalling — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sulkiness — marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- supplying — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- surcingle — a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- surliness — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- tarpaulin — a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tellurion — an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
- thumbling — an extremely small person; a dwarf
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- toluidine — any of three isomeric amines having the formula C 7 H 9 N, derived from toluene: used in the dye and drug industries.
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.
- traguline — like or characteristic of a tragule
- trial run — a preliminary performance or test of something, as of the operation of a ship or the effectiveness of a play.
- triannual — done, occurring, issued, etc., three times a year.
- troubling — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- truckline — a transportation line utilizing trucks.
- tuggingly — with tugs or in a way that tugs