10-letter words containing u, n, a, t, r, l
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multirange — having several ranges
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naturality — The condition of being natural; nature, naturalness.
- naturalize — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neutralino — (physics) Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutrality — the state of being neutral.
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- nonnatural — Not involving or manifesting natural means or processes.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- quadrantal — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- reluctance — unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
- reluctancy — unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
- returnable — that may be returned: returnable merchandise.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruminantly — in a ruminant manner
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subnatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- substernal — of or relating to the sternum.
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.