9-letter words containing r, u, n, c
- outcrying — Present participle of outcry.
- outreckon — to surpass in reckoning
- overcount — To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another.
- paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- picturing — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- procuring — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuncio — a papal ambassador in a country that does not grant the Pope's ambassador precedence over other ambassadors
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- punk rock — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- purulence — pus.
- 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).
- quickener — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
- 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 count — a count of the red cells in a person's blood.
- reductant — a reducing agent which as it is oxidized is capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance
- reducting — to reduce.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- reluctant — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- requicken — to restore or come back to life or vigour
- rockbound — surrounded or covered by rocks
- rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals