9-letter words containing u, n, t, r, i
- intraclub — Within a club.
- intraural — Alternate form of intra-aural.
- intrigued — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- intriguer — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- intrigues — Plural form of intrigue.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introduct — (obsolete) To instruct.
- introitus — (medicine) The entrance to a hollow organ or canal; often specifically the entrance to the vagina.
- intruders — Plural form of intruder.
- intruding — Present participle of intrude.
- intrusion — Law. an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property. a wrongful entry after the determination of a particular estate, made before the remainderman or reversioner has entered.
- intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- intrusted — entrust.
- 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.
- inwrought — worked in or closely combined with something.
- irrupting — Present participle of irrupt.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- ivory nut — the seed of a low, South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, yielding vegetable ivory.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- juniority — the state or fact of being junior in age, rank, standing, etc.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kick turn — a turn from a stationary position in which a skier lifts one ski to a point where the heel is nearly at right angles to the snow, then faces the ski outward, sets it down in the direction to be turned, and swings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.