9-letter words containing n, u, l, i
- tunneling — Physics. a quantum-mechanical process by which a particle can pass through a potential energy barrier that is higher than the energy of the particle: first postulated to explain the escape of alpha particles from atomic nuclei.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- turn tail — the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- turnstile — a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- uitlander — a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- uliginous — growing in swamps or muddy places.
- ultradian — of or relating to a biorhythm having a period of less than 24 hours.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- ultrathin — extremely thin: an ultrathin wristwatch.
- ultratiny — extremely small or minute
- ululating — to howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl.
- ululation — to howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl.
- un-milled — simple past tense and past participle of mill1 .
- unaidable — not able to be helped or aided
- unaidedly — without assistance
- unaligned — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- unamiable — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unamiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unapplied — having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.
- unavailed — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- unbeguile — to undeceive; to reveal the truth to someone formerly deceived
- unbelieve — to disbelieve or distrust something
- unblinded — not physically blinded.
- unbridled — not controlled or restrained: unbridled enthusiasm.
- unbroiled — not broiled
- uncannily — having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
- unchilled — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- unclaimed — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- unclarity — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- uncliched — not cliched
- unclimbed — not having been climbed
- uncloying — not cloying or satiating
- uncordial — unfriendly
- uncynical — not cynical
- undecimal — related to the number 11
- undefiled — not damaged or sullied
- undelight — the absence of delight
- underkill — insufficient capacity to defeat or destroy an enemy, especially using nuclear force.
- underlaid — placed or laid underneath, as a foundation or substratum.
- underlain — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- underlied — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- underline — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
- underling — a subordinate, especially one of slight importance.
- undersoil — subsoil.
- undilated — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- undiluted — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
- undrilled — not drilled
- undutiful — performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- unethical — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.