9-letter words containing u, n, r, s
- guernseys — Plural form of guernsey.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gunmakers — Plural form of gunmaker.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- hamstrung — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- harangues — Plural form of harangue.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- honourous — Rare spelling of honorous.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hunteress — Obsolete form of huntress.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- husbandry — the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- ibn rushd — Arabic name of Averroës.
- ibn-rushd — Averroës
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.
- in sunder — into pieces; apart
- incisures — Plural form of incisure.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- incursion — a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
- incursive — making incursions.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- infusoria — Irregular plural form of infusorium.
- injurious — harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
- innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- inodorous — not odorous; odorless.
- inquirers — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inquiries — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- inrushing — Moving towards or into.
- instructs — (informal) shortened form of instructions.
- insularly — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- insurgent — a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
- integrous — (rare) Having or characterized by integrity.
- interfuse — to intersperse, intermingle, or permeate with something.
- intourist — a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.
- intrigues — Plural form of intrigue.
- introitus — (medicine) The entrance to a hollow organ or canal; often specifically the entrance to the vagina.
- intruders — Plural form of intruder.