9-letter words containing r, i, a, u
- curricula — the aggregate of courses of study given in a school, college, university, etc.: The school is adding more science courses to its curriculum.
- cursorial — adapted for running
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- cuticular — Of or pertaining to the cuticle.
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- darius ii — (Ochus) died 404 b.c, king of Persia 424–404 (son of Artaxerxes I).
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- depardieu — Gérard. born 1948, French film actor, granted Russian citizenship in 2013. His films include Jean de Florette (1986), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Green Card (1991), The Man in the Iron Mask (1997), and Tais-toi (2003)
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dictature — dictatorship
- 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.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- dissuader — One who dissuades.
- diuranate — (inorganic chemistry) The dibasic anion U2O72- or any salt containing this anion.
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- dzungaria — a region in N Sinkiang, China: a Mongol kingdom during the 11th to 14th centuries.
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- elutriate — Separate (lighter and heavier particles in a mixture) by suspension in an upward flow of liquid or gas.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- epineuria — sheaths of connective tissue around bundles of nerve fibres
- epuration — purification
- equaliser — (UK) alternative spelling of equalizer.
- equalizer — A thing that has an equalizing effect.