10-letter words containing u, n, a, r, i
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quartation — the adding of silver to a mixture of gold and silver until the ratio is about one to three, at which point the silver can be removed using nitric acid
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quaternion — a group or set of four persons or things.
- quaternity — a group or set of four.
- quatorzain — a verse of fourteen lines
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.
- quintipara — A female that has borne five offspring.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- rating nut — a nut that screws onto the lower end of the rod of a clock pendulum for raising or lowering the weight to alter the rate of the clock.
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- reacquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- refutation — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- renunciate — any religious devotee who renounces earthly pleasures and lives as an ascetic
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- ruminantly — in a ruminant manner
- rumination — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run a mile — If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
- run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- ruritanian — a mythical, romantic kingdom conceived as the setting for a fairy tale, costume drama, comic operetta, or the like.
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- sanitarium — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- saturation — the act or process of saturating.
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.