10-letter words containing r, u, i
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marinus ii — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- martinique — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- matricular — relating to a matricula, or having the nature of a matricula
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mauritania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- medium-dry — Medium-dry wine or sherry is not very sweet.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- medusiform — resembling a medusa or jellyfish
- meitnerium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element. Symbol: Mt; atomic number: 109.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- mercifully — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- miamisburg — a town in W Ohio.
- michurinsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.
- microburst — an intense, localized downdraft of air that spreads on the ground, causing rapid changes in wind direction and speed; a localized downburst.
- microbuses — Plural form of microbus.
- microcurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to one millionth of a curie; 3.70 × 10 4 disintegrations per second. Symbol: μCi, μc.
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- microgauss — (physics) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss.
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- microtubes — Plural form of microtube.
- micturated — Simple past tense and past participle of micturate.
- micturient — Having a need to urinate.
- mid-course — the middle of a course.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- milk sugar — lactose.
- millefleur — having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork.
- millicurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie; 3.70 × 10 7 disintegrations per second. Abbreviation: mCi, mc.