8-letter words containing u, n, a, t, r
- rain out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rain-out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rambutan — the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
- ramentum — a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- rathenau — Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1867–1922, German industrialist, writer, and statesman.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- renature — to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- run-flat — (of an automobile tire) constructed so as not to deflate completely after a puncture so that a motorist can still drive the vehicle for some distance.
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- saturant — something that causes saturation.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- stunkard — sulky
- sumatran — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
- sun star — any starfish of the genus Solaster, inhabiting cold and temperate waters off both U.S. coasts.
- taciturn — inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- tainture — a taint or stain; contamination
- tarentum — ancient name of Taranto.
- tauranga — a city on the N coast of North Island, in N New Zealand.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- transude — to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- trap gun — a firearm designed for trapshooting.
- trapunto — quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- truantly — in the manner or typical of a truant
- truantry — truancy.
- truchman — an interpreter
- truckman — a truckdriver.
- truename — (operating system) An undocumented DOS command to find the UNC name of a file or directory on a network drive.
- truncate — to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
- turanian — belonging or pertaining to a group of Asian peoples or languages comprising nearly all of those that are neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
- turbaned — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- turbinal — turbinate.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turcoman — Turkoman.