9-letter words containing r, e, n, u
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pure land — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- purulence — pus.
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quarenden — a dark-red dessert apple
- quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- quavering — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- queerness — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quercetin — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 5 H 1 0 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the quercitron and other vegetable substances, used as a yellow dye; flavin.
- querencia — (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. (from 1930s).
- querimony — a complaint
- quickener — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quietener — a thing which quiets or sedates
- quit-rent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- quivering — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
- re-injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reconduct — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconquer — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recontour — the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- recounted — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recounter — someone who recounts or narrates a story
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- recurrent — that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
- recurring — occurring or appearing again.
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- recutting — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- red angus — one of a subpopulation of Aberdeen Angus beef cattle having a reddish coat.
- red count — a count of the red cells in a person's blood.
- reddendum — a legal clause specifying what shall be given in return for the granting of a lease
- reductant — a reducing agent which as it is oxidized is capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance