9-letter words containing o, n, r, u
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hydronium — (inorganic chemistry) the hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- iminourea — guanidine.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in colour — If a film or television programme is in colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.
- in favour — If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
- in liquor — drunk; intoxicated
- in vigour — in legal force
- inclosure — enclosure.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- incursion — a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- inferiour — Obsolete spelling of inferior.
- infortune — Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
- infusoria — Irregular plural form of infusorium.
- injurious — harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
- inodorous — not odorous; odorless.
- inpouring — The action of pouring something in; an infusion.
- inquorate — (of an assembly) unable to proceed effectively because not enough members are present to make up a quorum.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- integrous — (rare) Having or characterized by integrity.
- intourist — a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introduct — (obsolete) To instruct.
- introitus — (medicine) The entrance to a hollow organ or canal; often specifically the entrance to the vagina.
- intrusion — Law. an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property. a wrongful entry after the determination of a particular estate, made before the remainderman or reversioner has entered.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- inwrought — worked in or closely combined with something.
- iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- iron lung — a chamberlike respirator, formerly used in the treatment of poliomyelitis, that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs.
- ironbound — bound with iron.
- iroquoian — a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- isandrous — having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- ivory nut — the seed of a low, South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, yielding vegetable ivory.
- jargonaut — Someone who uses jargon excessively.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.