10-letter words containing u, r, a, n, i
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- australian — Australian means belonging or relating to Australia, or to its people or culture.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- avanturine — Alternative form of aventurine.
- aventurine — a dark-coloured glass, usually green or brown, spangled with fine particles of gold, copper, or some other metal
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- brian boru — ?941–1014, king of Ireland (1002–14): killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- buonarroti — Michelangelo.
- burgundian — of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- circannual — noting or pertaining to a biological activity or cycle that recurs yearly.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- culinarian — a person skilled in cookery
- culinarily — of, relating to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.