8-letter words containing r, a, u
- naturall — Obsolete spelling of natural.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naturist — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naufrage — (obsolete) shipwreck; ruin.
- nenuphar — A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
- nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
- neurally — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuraxon — axon.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- neuronal — Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- neurulae — Plural form of neurula.
- neurular — of or relating to a neurula
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nonrural — Not rural.
- nonsugar — a substance that is not a sugar
- nonurban — Not urban.
- nucellar — Of or pertaining to the nucellus.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- nummular — pertaining to coins or money; nummary.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- nuristan — a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- nurtural — relating to, resulting from, or because of nurture
- nutarian — a person whose food intake consists chiefly of nuts or nut-based products or dishes
- nutgrass — A perennial sedge, Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- obturate — to stop up; close.
- oliguria — scantiness of urine due to diminished secretion.
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- oracular — of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
- oragious — stormy or tempestuous
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- ossature — the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.