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There are 15 eight-letter words containing IRU
| ANTIRUST | • antirust adj. Alternative spelling of anti-rust. • antirust n. Alternative spelling of anti-rust. • anti-rust adj. Preventing the formation of rust. |
| BABIRUSA | • babirusa n. Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward. • BABIRUSA n. (Malay) a large hoglike quadruped of the East Indies, also BABIROUSSA, BABIRUSSA. |
| CANDIRUS | • candirus n. Plural of candiru. • candirús n. Plural of candirú. • CANDIRU n. a tiny S American fish which can swim into a body orifice, where it attaches itself by means of a spine and feeds on blood and body tissue. |
| HIRUDINS | • hirudins n. Plural of hirudin. • HIRUDIN n. a substance present in the salivary glands of leeches, used as an anticoagulant. |
| POXVIRUS | • poxvirus n. Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae, that cause pox diseases in vertebrates. • Poxvirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family unknown – see Orthopoxvirus. • POXVIRUS n. any one of a group of DNA-containing animal viruses. |
| PROVIRUS | • provirus n. (Virology) A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to… • PROVIRUS n. the form of a virus when it is integrated into the DNA of the host cell. |
| REOVIRUS | • reovirus n. Any of a group of RNA viruses, of the family Reoviridae, that infect animals and some plants. • REOVIRUS n. a type of virus. |
| SIRUPIER | • SIRUPY adj. like sirup. |
| SIRUPING | • siruping v. Present participle of sirup. • SIRUP v. to make into a syrup. |
| SPIRULAE | • SPIRULA n. (Latin) a spiral-shelled mollusk. |
| SPIRULAS | • spirulas n. Plural of spirula. • SPIRULA n. (Latin) a spiral-shelled mollusk. |
| SUBVIRUS | • subvirus n. (Virology) An organism or substance, such as a viral protein, that is smaller than a virus and has some… • SUBVIRUS n. a viral protein smaller than a virus. |
| VIRUCIDE | • virucide n. Alternative form of viricide. • VIRUCIDE n. a substance that destroys viruses, also VIRICIDE. |
| VIRULENT | • virulent adj. Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous. • virulent adj. (Figurative) Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious. • virulent adj. (Medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host. |
| VIRUSOID | • virusoid n. A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for… • VIRUSOID n. a particle of RNA associated with some plant viruses. |
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- English Wiktionary: 43 words
- Scrabble in French: 9 words
- Scrabble in Spanish: 45 words
- Scrabble in Italian: 43 words
- Scrabble in German: 9 words
- Scrabble in Romanian: 145 words
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