10-letter words containing u, n, e, r, i
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- chequering — Present participle of chequer.
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chundering — vomit.
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- citrulline — an amino acid that occurs in watermelons and is an intermediate in the formation of urea. Formula: NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH
- clustering — cluster
- cluttering — A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point
- configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
- configures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure.
- coniferous — A coniferous forest or wood is made up of conifers.
- conquering — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterpin — bedspread.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- cruddiness — The quality of being cruddy.
- crumminess — the state or quality of being crummy
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity