9-letter words containing u, r, a, n, i
- insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- internaut — A user of the Internet, especially a habitual or skilled one.
- intraclub — Within a club.
- intraural — Alternate form of intra-aural.
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- iroquoian — a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
- irukandji — a tiny but highly venomous Australian jellyfish
- isandrous — having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- januarius — Saint, a.d. 272?–305? Italian ecclesiastic and martyr: patron saint of Naples.
- 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.
- 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).
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- 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.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- marihuana — hemp (def 1).
- marijuana — hemp (def 1).
- marinus i — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- narcissus — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- narguileh — hookah
- naturists — Plural form of naturist.