7-letter words containing e, u, r, t
- trumpet — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
- trundle — to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.
- trunker — the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- trunnel — a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- trussed — close (def 54).
- trusser — to tie, bind, or fasten.
- trusted — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- trustee — a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc.
- truster — trustor
- truther — a person who does not believe the official account of the 9/11 attacks on the US and who seeks to uncover the ‘truth’ about the events of that day
- tuatera — a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
- tumbler — a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats.
- tumbrel — one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
- tummler — a male entertainer, as formerly employed by resorts in the Catskill Mountains, who combined the duties of a comedian, activities director, and master of ceremonies to keep the guests amused throughout the day.
- turbine — any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- turdine — belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- turenne — Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- turgite — a red or black mineral consisting of hydrated ferric oxide. Formula: Fe2O3.nH2O
- turkmen — the language of the Turkman people, a Turkic language spoken mostly east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan but also in parts of European Russia, Iran, and the Caucasus.
- turnery — the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
- turnkey — a person who has charge of the keys of a prison; jailer.
- turpeth — the root of an East Indian plant, Merremia (or Operculina) turpethum, of the morning glory family, formerly used as a purgative.
- turrets — a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
- turtlet — a young or small turtle.
- tushery — the use of affectedly archaic language in novels, etc
- tussore — a tan silk from India. Compare Shantung (def 2a).
- tutoyer — to address (someone), especially in French, using the familiar forms of the pronoun “you” rather than the more formal forms; address familiarly.
- umberto — Humbert I.
- unberth — Nautical. to allot to (a vessel) a certain space at which to anchor or tie up. to bring to or install in a berth, anchorage, or moorage: The captain had to berth the ship without the aid of tugboats.
- uncrate — a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- undrest — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
- unearth — to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- unheart — to discourage
- unmiter — to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- unmitre — to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- unrated — film: not classified by censors
- unrivet — to undo or loosen the rivets of
- untired — not tired; unwearied
- untrace — to remove the traces from (horses)
- untread — to go back through in the same steps.
- untried — not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- unwater — to remove or drain water from
- unwrite — to cancel (what has been written)
- updater — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
- upstare — to stare upwards
- uptrade — to trade (a piece of equipment, car, etc.) for something similar but of greater value or quality: to uptrade one's stereo components.
- uptrend — a tendency upward or toward growth, especially in economic development.
- uralite — a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- uranite — any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- ureters — a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.