9-letter words containing u, n, r, m
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- ruminator — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rummaging — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- rumminess — the state or condition of being rummy
- rumrunner — a person or ship engaged in smuggling liquor.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- runnymede — a meadow on the S bank of the Thames, W of London, England: reputed site of the granting of the Magna Charta by King John, 1215.
- ruthenium — a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals. Symbol: Ru; atomic weight: 101.07; atomic number: 44; specific gravity: 12.2 at 20°C.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- squirming — to wriggle or writhe.
- stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- thrumming — to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum.
- tormentum — an ancient Roman catapult- like war weapon
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- tridentum — ancient name of Trent, Italy.
- triennium — a period of three years.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- un-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- unadmired — to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- unalarmed — a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- unamerced — not amerced or punished
- uncharmed — marked by good fortune or privilege: a charmed life.
- unconform — dissimilar or not conformed to
- uncrumple — to eliminate crumples from
- underbrim — the part of a hat found under the brim