10-letter words containing e, t, o, u
- triticeous — used to refer to specific small rounded structures of tissue or cartilage, resembling grains of wheat, sometimes found in the area near the larynx and the base of the tongue
- trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- troubledly — in a troubled manner
- trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
- troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
- trumpeldor — Joseph, 1880–1920, Zionist leader, born in Russia.
- 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.
- tube-nosed — having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
- tuberculo- — tubercular
- tuberiform — in the form of a tuber
- tuberosity — a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
- tucker-box — a box used to store or carry food.
- tuffaceous — a fragmental rock consisting of the smaller kinds of volcanic detritus, as ash or cinder, usually more or less stratified.
- tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- tumblehome — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
- tumorgenic — producing tumours
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turkey oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus cerris, of Eurasia, or Q. laevis and Q. incana, of the southern U.S., that grow on dry, sandy barrens.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- 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
- turtledove — any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
- two-suiter — a suitcase designed to hold two suits and additional smaller items.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulteriorly — being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.
- ultroneous — spontaneous; willing; voluntary
- umber moth — any of various brownish geometrid moths, esp the waved umber (Menophra abruptaria) and small waved umber (Horisme vitalbata), that are cryptically marked to merge with tree bark, and the mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
- umberto ii — 1904–83, the last king of Italy (1946), following the abdication of his father Victor Emmanuel III: abdicated when a referendum supported the abolition of the monarchy
- 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.
- unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- unallotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- unanointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
- unatonable — not able to be atoned for; unable to make amends for
- unbegotten — not yet begotten; as yet unborn: decisions that will affect our unbegotten children.
- unbesought — not besought or entreated
- unbestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- unbonneted — bareheaded.
- unbothered — not experiencing mental or physical discomfort: He was unbothered by the cold. He was unbothered about not being picked for the team.
- unbottomed — not having a bottom
- unbuttoned — not buttoned.