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11-letter words containing r, i, a, u

  • purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
  • purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
  • purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
  • puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
  • put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
  • quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadratical — (rare) quadratic.
  • quadrennial — occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
  • quadrennium — a period of four years.
  • quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
  • quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
  • quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • quadripedal — Four-footed.
  • quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
  • quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
  • quail-brush — a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.
  • quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
  • quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
  • quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
  • quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
  • quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
  • quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
  • quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
  • quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
  • questionary — a questionnaire.
  • quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
  • quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
  • quick march — a march in quick time.
  • quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
  • quick-march — a march in quick time.
  • quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
  • quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
  • quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
  • quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
  • rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
  • radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
  • rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
  • rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
  • rat-running — the practice of driving through residential side streets to avoid congested main roads
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