9-letter words containing u, n, t, i, r, e
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- inurement — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- inurnment — to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- investure — (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- montreuil — a suburb of Paris, in N France.
- 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.
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- negritude — the historical, cultural, and social heritage considered common to black people collectively.
- 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.
- neuration — venation, as of an insect's wings.
- neurility — the ability belonging to nerves to conduct electrical impulses
- neuristor — a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- neurotics — Plural form of neurotic.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutering — Present participle of neuter.
- neutrinos — Plural form of neutrino.
- neutronic — (physics) Involving neutrons.
- nigritude — complete darkness or blackness.
- nonvirtue — moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- nouriture — Obsolete form of nurture.
- nutrients — nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
- nutriment — any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
- nutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outridden — Past participle of outride.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petaurine — relating to a petaurist
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quercetin — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 5 H 1 0 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the quercitron and other vegetable substances, used as a yellow dye; flavin.
- quietener — a thing which quiets or sedates
- quit-rent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.