10-letter words containing a, u, t, c
- tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
- testaceous — of, relating to, or derived from shells.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- the cratur — whisky or whiskey
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- tiliaceous — belonging to the Tiliaceae, the linden family of plants.
- toad juice — a fertilizer produced by liquidizing cane toads
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- touch base — make contact
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- trabeculae — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- trabecular — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- track suit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- translucid — translucent.
- tree yucca — Joshua tree.
- trifurcate — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trilocular — having three loculi, chambers, or cells.
- trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
- trisulcate — having three grooves or furrows
- truck farm — a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.
- true basic — (language) A compiled BASIC, by John Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz, requiring no line numbers.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- truncating — the process of shortening a variable
- truncation — the act or process of truncating.
- trunk call — a long-distance phone call.
- tubal-cain — the son of Lamech and Zillah: the progenitor of metalworkers. Gen. 4:22.
- tubercular — pertaining to tuberculosis; tuberculous.
- tucker-bag — a bag used to carry food.
- tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
- tuffaceous — a fragmental rock consisting of the smaller kinds of volcanic detritus, as ash or cinder, usually more or less stratified.
- tummy ache — an ache or pain in the stomach
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- turtleback — Archaeology. tortoise-core.
- tuscaloosa — a city in W Alabama.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulcerative — causing ulceration.
- ultra-chic — attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
- ultra-scsi — (hardware) An extension of SCSI-2 proposed by a group of manufacturers which doubles the transfer speed of Fast-SCSI to give 20MByte/s on an 8-bit connection and 40MByte/s on a 16-bit connection.
- ultrabasic — (of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.
- ultraclean — extremely clean, especially free of germs: an ultraclean laboratory.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.