9-letter words containing o, r, a, i, u
- bourguiba — Habib ben Ali (hæˈbɪb bɛn ˈɑːlɪ). 1903–2000, Tunisian statesman: president of Tunisia (1957–87); a moderate and an advocate of gradual social change. He was deposed in a coup and kept under house arrest for the rest of his life
- bouvardia — a genus of flowering herbs and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical parts of Central America
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- corbicula — pollen basket.
- cornicula — plural form of singular corniculum: small horn
- coticular — of or relating to whetstones
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- cursorial — adapted for running
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dinosaurs — 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.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- epuration — purification
- equimolar — (chemistry) Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds).
- essaouira — a port in SW Morocco on the Atlantic. Pop: 84 000 (2003)
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- favourite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
- fioritura — the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- fumigator — a person or thing that fumigates.
- furacious — given to stealing; thievish
- furcation — forked; branching.
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- harmonium — an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- hilarious — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.