9-letter words containing u, n, r, i
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- menuisier — a French joiner
- meringues — Plural form of meringue.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- midground — The point between foreground and background in an image.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- misruling — Present participle of misrule.
- monsieurs — Plural form of monsieur.
- montreuil — a suburb of Paris, in N France.
- moundbird — megapode.
- mournings — Plural form of mourning.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- muffineer — a caster for sprinkling sugar or other condiments on food.
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- murdering — Present participle of murder.
- murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- murmuring — a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- muster in — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- mustering — Present participle of muster.
- mutineers — A person, esp. a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.
- muttering — to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- narcissus — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- narguileh — hookah
- naturists — Plural form of naturist.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- nebuliser — Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
- nebulizer — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- negritude — the historical, cultural, and social heritage considered common to black people collectively.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- nestorius — died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuration — venation, as of an insect's wings.
- neurility — the ability belonging to nerves to conduct electrical impulses
- neurinoma — A schwannoma.
- neuristor — a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.