7-letter words containing r, u, n, i
- gournia — a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
- grunion — a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- guarani — a member of an Indian people now living principally in Paraguay.
- guarini — Guarino [gwah-ree-naw] /gwɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1624–83, Italian architect.
- gunfire — the firing of a gun or guns.
- gurging — Present participle of gurge.
- gurning — (Northern England) alternative spelling of girning.
- hirudin — a gray or white, water-soluble acidic polypeptide obtained from the buccal gland of leeches, used in medicine chiefly as an anticoagulant.
- hit-run — hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
- hurling — a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- hurrian — a member of an ancient people, sometimes identified with the Horites, who lived in the Middle East during the 2nd and 3rd millenniums b.c. and who established the Mitanni kingdom about 1400 b.c.
- hurting — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- ice run — the rapid breaking up or fragmentation of river ice in spring or early summer.
- in curl — curled
- in true — properly set, adjusted, aligned, etc.; exact
- in turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- inburst — an irruption
- incrust — to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- incurve — Curve inward.
- inducer — Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- infuser — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- ingroup — (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
- injured — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- injurer — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- injures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of injure.
- injuria — (legal) injury; invasion of another's rights.
- inquire — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inquiry — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- insular — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- insured — the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- insuree — The person or entity protected by or receiving insurance provided by the insurer.
- insurer — a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- insures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of insure.
- intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- intruse — (botany) Pushed or projecting inward.
- intrust — entrust.
- inuring — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- inurned — Simple past tense and past participle of inurn.
- iracund — prone to anger; irascible.
- juniors — Plural form of junior.
- juniper — any evergreen, coniferous shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus, especially J. communis, having cones that resemble dark-blue or blackish berries used in flavoring gin and in medicine as a diuretic.
- junkier — of the nature of junk; trashy.
- jurying — Present participle of jury.
- kirundi — Rundi (def 2).
- lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
- linuron — The herbicide N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-N-methyl-urea.
- lisburn — a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
- louring — lowering.
- lurking — to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
- mainour — a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.