10-letter words containing u, n, a, r, i
- numerating — Present participle of numerate.
- numeration — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- numerative — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- nunciature — the office or the term of service of a nuncio.
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- obduration — the process of becoming or the state of being obdurate, intractable and indifferent
- objuration — (rare) A firm binding by oath.
- obturation — to stop up; close.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- outbargain — to surpass in bargaining
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outmigrant — A person who has migrated from one place to another, especially within a country.
- outraising — Present participle of outraise.
- outranging — Present participle of outrange.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- purchasing — buying
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- quadrantic — Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant.
- quadrantid — any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around January 3 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Boötes
- quadrating — Present participle of quadrate.
- quadrennia — Plural form of quadrennium.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantine — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.