10-letter words containing e, n, r, o, u, t
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
- rune-stone — a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- screen out — eliminate
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- surjection — onto function.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tenpounder — ladyfish.
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tonguester — a person who talks endlessly or who gossips
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- tournament — a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
- tourniquet — Medicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- treasonous — treasonable.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
- true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- tumorgenic — producing tumours
- turle knot — a special kind of knot for tying a leader, especially of gut, to an eyed hook or fly.
- turned off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turned out — presented: groomed or dressed
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultroneous — spontaneous; willing; voluntary
- un-grouted — a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
- unbothered — not experiencing mental or physical discomfort: He was unbothered by the cold. He was unbothered about not being picked for the team.
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- unconcrete — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- uncontrite — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- under foot — on the ground; beneath one's feet