10-letter words containing e, a, t, u
- butt plate — a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock
- butt-naked — completely naked
- butterball — a chubby or fat person
- button ear — a dog's ear that folds forward completely.
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- calculated — If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
- calculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calculate.
- calumniate — to slander
- calyculate — having a calycule
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- canecutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- cape dutch — (in South Africa) a distinctive style of furniture or architecture
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- caqueteuse — cacqueteuse.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- carbureted — (of a vehicle or engine) having fuel supplied through a carburetor, rather than an injector.
- carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- castle nut — a hexagonal nut with six slots in the head, two of which take a locking pin to hold it firmly in position
- casualties — Military. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
- catafalque — a temporary raised platform on which a body lies in state before or during a funeral
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- catalogues — Plural form of catalogue.
- catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- catenulate — (of certain spores) formed in a row or chain
- caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
- cattle run — a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.
- caulescent — having a stem clearly visible above the ground
- causatives — Plural form of causative.
- cause list — a list of cases awaiting a hearing
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterized — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterize.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.