8-letter words containing r, u, n, i
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- grubbing — Present participle of grub.
- grudging — done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- grueling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- grumping — Present participle of grump.
- grundies — men's underpants
- grungier — ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- grunting — to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guarneri — Giuseppe Antonio [joo-zep-pe ahn-taw-nyaw] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Joseph Guarnerius) 1683–1745, Italian violinmaker.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- gun brig — a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.
- gunfires — Plural form of gunfire.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- gurindji — an Aboriginal people of N central Australia
- guyliner — (informal) Eyeliner when used on men; usually associated with the goth and emo subcultures.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- immuring — Present participle of immure.
- impugner — One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
- in a rut — stuck in routine
- in ruins — structure: severely damaged
- in trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- in truth — honestly, to tell the truth
- in utero — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
- in-group — a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- inaurate — gilded or gleaming as if gilded
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- incisure — a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- incumber — encumber.
- incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- incurved — Turned inwards.
- indevour — Obsolete spelling of endeavour.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indurain — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1964, Spanish cyclist: first with five consecutive victories (1991–95) in the Tour de France.