9-letter words containing e, n, t, r, u
- truncheon — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- trunkless — the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- tung tree — any of several trees belonging to the genus Aleurites, of the spurge family, especially A. fordii, of China, bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
- tunneller — an underground passage.
- turbinate — Also, turbinated. having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled.
- turbulent — being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions.
- turducken — a deboned turkey that is stuffed with a deboned duck that is stuffed with a deboned chicken.
- 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.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- turn over — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turned on — lively and chic; switched-on.
- turned-on — lively and chic; switched-on.
- turnhalle — a building in which gymnastics is taught and practised
- turnstile — a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- turnstone — any shorebird of the genus Arenaria, characterized by the habit of turning over stones in search of food.
- turntable — the rotating disk that spins the record on a phonograph.
- tyndareus — the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- 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.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- un-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- un-tiered — being or arranged in tiers or layers (usually used in combination): a two-tiered box of chocolates.
- 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.
- uncharted — not shown or located on a map; unexplored; unknown, as a place or region: the uncharted depths of space.
- unclutter — to remove clutter from; tidy
- uncorrect — to convert (a true course) into a magnetic course.
- uncreated — not yet created; not existing
- unculture — the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture.
- uncurrent — passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current month.
- underbite — occlusion in which the lower incisor teeth overlap the upper.
- 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.
- underfelt — thick felt laid between floorboards and carpet to increase insulation and resilience
- underfoot — under the foot or feet; on the ground; underneath or below: The climb was difficult because there were so many rocks underfoot.
- underheat — to heat insufficiently
- undermost — being the furthest under; lowest
- undernote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- underpart — the lower part or side: The underpart of the plane's fuselage scraped the treetops.
- underplot — a plot subordinate to another plot, as in a novel.
- underrate — to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- undershot — having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
- undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- undertime — the time spent by an employee at work in non-work-related activities like socializing, surfing the internet, making personal telephone calls, etc
- undertint — a subdued tint.