9-letter words containing u, t, r, a
- mithraeum — a temple of Mithras.
- modulator — a person or thing that modulates.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- mugearite — an igneous rock containing oligoclase, olivine, orthoclase, and apatite
- 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.
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- mutilator — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- naturally — in a natural or normal manner.
- naturedly — (in combinations) With a certain nature, in a certain manner.
- 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?
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- neuration — venation, as of an insect's wings.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrally — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nonauthor — a person who is not an author
- nonmature — not mature; immature
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- numerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
- nuristani — Kafir (def 1).
- nurturant — warm and affectionate physical and emotional support and care.
- nut grass — either of two sedges, Cyperus rotundus or C. esculentus, that have small, nutlike tubers and are often troublesome weeds.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- orangutan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.