9-letter words containing r, u, n, f
- inferiour — Obsolete spelling of inferior.
- infortune — Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
- infuriate — to make furious; enrage.
- infusoria — Irregular plural form of infusorium.
- interfuse — to intersperse, intermingle, or permeate with something.
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- mournfull — Archaic form of mournful.
- muffineer — a caster for sprinkling sugar or other condiments on food.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- nullifier — One who, or that which, nullifies.
- out front — of or relating to the front.
- out-front — candid; frank; honest: The politician was less than out-front with the interviewer.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- refounder — a person who refounds
- refulgent — shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
- refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- renifleur — a person who is sexually aroused or gratified by odors.
- resentful — full of or marked by resentment.
- round off — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- round-off — of or relating to the act or process of rounding.
- rufescent — somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.
- run after — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- runecraft — understanding of and skill working with runes
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- suffragan — assisting or auxiliary to, as applied to any bishop in relation to the archbishop or metropolitan who is his superior, or as applied to an assistant or subsidiary bishop who performs episcopal functions in a diocese but has no ordinary jurisdiction, as, in the Church of England, a bishop consecrated to assist the ordinary bishop of a see in part of his diocese.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- 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.
- 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).
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- throngful — crowded or packed with people
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- unberufen — an exclamation appealing for protection against misfortune
- unbriefed — not instructed or briefed
- uncareful — not careful; not caring or vigilant; careless
- unconform — dissimilar or not conformed to
- underfeed — to feed insufficiently.
- underfelt — thick felt laid between floorboards and carpet to increase insulation and resilience
- underfire — to bake insufficiently