9-letter words containing a, n, t, r, u
- turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turkistan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- turn away — move further from sth, sb
- turn back — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turn tail — the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- turnabout — the act of turning in a different or opposite direction.
- turnagain — an about-turn
- turnhalle — a building in which gymnastics is taught and practised
- turntable — the rotating disk that spins the record on a phonograph.
- tyndareus — the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- tyrannous — tyrannical.
- uitlander — a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- ultradian — of or relating to a biorhythm having a period of less than 24 hours.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- ultrathin — extremely thin: an ultrathin wristwatch.
- ultratiny — extremely small or minute
- un-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- unaborted — (esp of a baby or pregnancy) not aborted or ended
- unalerted — not alerted
- unaltered — not altered, changed, or modified: We approved the unaltered designs.
- unattired — not clothed or adorned
- unaverted — to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
- uncatered — to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding: to cater for a banquet.
- uncertain — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- uncharity — lack of charity; uncharitable thought or behaviour; unkindness
- uncharted — not shown or located on a map; unexplored; unknown, as a place or region: the uncharted depths of space.
- unclarity — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- uncreated — not yet created; not existing
- uncurtain — to reveal
- undercast — Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it. Compare overcast (def 9).
- undercoat — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- underheat — to heat insufficiently
- underpart — the lower part or side: The underpart of the plane's fuselage scraped the treetops.
- underrate — to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- undrafted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- unearthed — to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- unearthly — seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty.
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfraught — not fraught
- ungaretti — Giuseppe (dʒuˈzɛppe). 1888–1970, Italian poet, best known for his collection of war poems Allegria di naufragi (1919)
- unit card — a main entry catalog card, duplicates of which are used for added entries.
- unitarian — a person who maintains that God is one being, rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity.
- unitarily — in a unitary manner or from a unitary point of view
- unmatured — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- unnatural — contrary to the laws or course of nature.
- unreality — lack of reality; quality of being unreal: the unreality of dreams.
- unrebated — not refunded or rebated