11-letter words containing u, n, r, i
- reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- requirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- requitement — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- resultingly — as a result.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- return trip — the journey back from a destination
- revaluating — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- ricinus oil — castor oil.
- ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- rinthereout — a vagrant or homeless person
- rip current — undertow (def 1).
- roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
- roman curia — the judicial and executive organizations of the papal see comprising the government of the Catholic Church.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- rouen lilac — a shrub, Syringa chinensis, of France, having clusters of fragrant, lilac-purple flowers.
- roughing-in — the act or process of applying a base coat of plaster to a masonry surface.
- round-robin — a sequence or series.
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
- rubbish bin — trash can
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- rum-running — the activity of smuggling illicit liquor
- rumgumption — good sense
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run-of-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- runnability — to move with haste; act quickly: Run upstairs and get the iodine.
- running dog — Disparaging. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists.
- running fix — a fix made from a moving vessel or aircraft from observations made at different times, the course and distance run between the observations being considered.
- running gag — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- ruridecanal — relating to a rural dean
- rus in urbe — the country in the town
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to