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11-letter words containing a, c, i, u

  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tentaculite — a fossil of the genus Tentaculites
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • testiculate — shaped like a testis.
  • the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • toluic acid — any of four isomeric acids having the formula CH 3 C 6 H 4 COOH: derivatives of toluene.
  • tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
  • touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
  • tourist car — a railroad sleeping car, usually having seats that can be converted into berths.
  • touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
  • traducingly — in a traducing manner
  • transuranic — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
  • trial court — the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated (distinguished from appellate division).
  • tricuspidal — having three cusps
  • trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).
  • truth claim — a hypothesis not yet verified by experience.
  • tulip chair — an armchair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956, having a contoured seat of molded plastic supported by a slender, stemlike pedestal of plastic-covered cast metal that terminates in a large, flat, round foot.
  • tumefacient — tumefying; causing to swell.
  • tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
  • turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
  • turriculate — furnished with or resembling a turret or turrets.
  • ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.
  • umbilicated — having an umbilicus
  • un-american — not American; not characteristic of or proper to the U.S.; foreign or opposed to the characters, values, standards, goals, etc., of the U.S.
  • un-charming — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
  • unacclaimed — to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud: to acclaim the conquering heroes.
  • unacquitted — to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she's guilty.
  • unactivated — to make active; cause to function or act.
  • unadvancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
  • unaesthetic — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unaffecting — moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.
  • unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
  • unalachtigo — a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
  • unauthentic — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
  • unbarricade — to unblock or open (a door, etc); to free from a barrier or obstacle
  • uncalcified — not calcified; not converted into lime
  • uncanalized — to make a canal or canals through.
  • uncanniness — having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
  • uncanonical — not in accordance with canons or rules.
  • uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
  • unceasingly — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
  • uncertainly — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
  • uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
  • unchastised — not chastised or reprimanded
  • unchristian — not conforming to Christian teaching or principles: unchristian selfishness.
  • uncinematic — not characteristic of or of the nature of the cinema; not dramatic; unsuitable for making into a film
  • unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
  • unclarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
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