8-letter words containing r, u, n, i
- luringly — in a luring or inviting manner
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- maroquin — morocco leather
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- meringue — merengue.
- meuniere — (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- milk run — a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty: The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
- mill run — a quantity of ore whose quality or mineral content is tested by milling
- mill-run — coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted: mill-run carpets.
- millburn — a township in NE New Jersey.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- mutineer — a person who mutinies.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- narquois — mocking, malicious, or snide
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naturist — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- neuritic — inflammation of a nerve.
- neuritis — inflammation of a nerve.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- neurosis — Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrino — any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- neutrois — noting or relating to a person of neutral gender who also lacks a specific gender identity.
- nidorous — (literary) Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
- nip curn — a tightfisted woman
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- nuristan — a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).