9-letter words containing u, n, r, s
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- quadrants — Plural form of quadrant.
- quadroons — Plural form of quadroon.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- quatrains — Plural form of quatrain.
- queerness — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quinarius — a denomination of ancient Roman coinage, issued in silver or gold at various times and undergoing many changes of value.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
- rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
- raynaud's — a disease, mainly affecting women, in which spasms in the blood vessels of the fingers or toes restrict blood flow to the affected part, which becomes pale, numb, and sometimes painful
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- red angus — one of a subpopulation of Aberdeen Angus beef cattle having a reddish coat.
- refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- reinsurer — A reinsurer is an insurance company that insures the risks of other insurance companies.
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- resentful — full of or marked by resentment.
- resounded — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- resultant — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- resulting — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- resurgent — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- resuspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- revenuers — an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rna virus — any virus containing RNA; retrovirus.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roundness — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- rubensian — Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
- ruddiness — of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- rufescent — somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.
- rumminess — the state or condition of being rummy
- run close — to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to