9-letter words containing r, e, n, u
- sunseeker — a person who travels to a warm and sunny climate, especially during cold months.
- sunstroke — a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.
- superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfund — a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.
- supergene — formed by descending waters, as mineral or ore deposits (opposed to hypogene).
- superlong — extremely long
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- superthin — extremely thin
- supervene — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- surcingle — a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surgeoncy — the office, duties, or position of a surgeon, esp in the army or navy
- surliness — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surreined — (of horse) ridden too much
- surrejoin — to reply to a legal rejoinder
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- surveying — the science or scientific method of making surveys of land.
- suspender — Usually, suspenders. Also called, especially British, braces. adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends buttoned or clipped to the waistband of a pair of trousers or a skirt to support it.
- suspenser — a film that creates a feeling of suspense
- suspensor — a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc.
- sustainer — a person or thing that sustains.
- swinburne — Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tellurion — an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
- ten gurus — the ten leaders of the Sikh religion from its founder Guru Nanak to Guru Govind Singh, who ended the line of gurus by calling on Sikhs to rely on the holy text of the Granth to guide them
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- tenurable — related to an academic post carrying tenure
- thereunto — to that place, thing, etc.
- thereupon — immediately following that.
- thuringer — a mildly seasoned cervelat, either fresh or smoked.
- tormentum — an ancient Roman catapult- like war weapon
- toughener — something that toughens
- tournedos — small slices of fillet of beef, round and thick, served with a variety of sauces and garnished.
- traguline — like or characteristic of a tragule
- trans-use — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- transduce — to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- transeunt — (of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- trengganu — a state in Malaysia, on the E central Malay Peninsula. 5050 sq. mi. (13,080 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Trengganu.
- tribunate — the office of tribune.