8-letter words containing a, t, u, e
- tartuffe — (italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
- tasteful — having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
- tautness — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- tautomer — a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- teahouse — a restaurant or other establishment, especially in the Far East, where tea and refreshments are served.
- tear-out — designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter: a tear-out children's section of games and puzzles.
- tellural — relating to the earth
- temirtau — a city in E central Kazakhstan, NW of Karaganda.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- testamur — a certificate proving an examination has been passed
- testatum — a part of a purchase deed
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- teutates — a Celtic god who was worshipped in ancient Britain
- textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
- textural — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- thaddeus — one of the twelve apostles. Matt. 10:3.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- titubate — to stagger
- tonneaux — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- torquate — ringed about the neck, as with feathers or a color; collared.
- toucanet — any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- trade up — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade-up — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- tradeful — (of shops etc) full of trade
- traducer — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
- transude — to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- trauchle — to fatigue; tire; wear out.
- treasure — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- treasury — a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- truckage — conveyance by a truck or trucks.
- truename — (operating system) An undocumented DOS command to find the UNC name of a file or directory on a network drive.
- truncate — to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
- tube pan — a circular cake pan having a hollow cone-shaped centerpiece: used for baking ring-shaped cakes.
- tubulate — Also, tubulated. shaped like or having a tube.
- tuckahoe — Also called Indian bread. the edible, underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found on the roots of trees in the southern United States.
- tuesdays — every Tuesday; on Tuesdays: Tuesdays I work at home.
- tunicate — Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- turbaned — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- turnable — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- tutelage — the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship.
- tutelary — having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing: tutelary saint.
- tutorage — the office, authority, or care of a tutor.
- tyrtaeus — flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet.
- uintaite — an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- ulcerate — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
- ultranet — a net in a topological space that is residually in every set or its complement in the space.