8-letter words containing u, n, r, i
- run high — If people's feelings are running high, they are very angry, concerned, or excited.
- run into — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- run time — 1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer. 2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see time-sharing). 3. The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to compile-time or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective. 4. run-time support.
- run wild — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- run with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- runelike — resembling a rune or runes
- rustling — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- sciurine — of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scrinium — a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- signieur — a lord
- silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
- sinecure — an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- squireen — the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain.
- squiring — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- sundries — miscellaneous items
- sundrily — in sundry or distinct ways; variously
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- taciturn — inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- tainture — a taint or stain; contamination
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- tincture — Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.