9-letter words containing u, r, a, l, i
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- muliebral — womanly nature or qualities.
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- multigram — Of more than one gram.
- multipara — a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.
- multipart — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- multiyear — Having a duration of multiple years.
- muralists — Plural form of muralist.
- mutilator — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- narguileh — hookah
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- nullipara — a woman who has never borne a child.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- oulujarvi — a lake in central Finland, draining through the Oulu River to the Gulf of Bothnia.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plurality — the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- pluripara — a woman or other mammal who has borne more than one child
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulvillar — of or relating to a pulvillus
- pupillary — pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- quadrille — a card game played by four persons.
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.