8-letter words containing i, t, o, u
- flip-out — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- flouting — Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention).
- fluorite — a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- fogfruit — a wildflower of the Verbena family
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- foul tip — a pitched ball that glances off the bat into foul territory, usually near the catcher, ruled a strike if the catcher catches it before it hits the ground, otherwise ruled an ordinary foul ball.
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- groupist — a follower of a group
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunpoint — the point or aim of a gun.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hide out — British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hide-out — a hiding place, as for gangsters
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- hike out — to lean backwards over the side of a light sailing boat in order to carry the centre of gravity as far to windward as possible to reduce heeling
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- in doubt — uncertain
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- in utero — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
- indevout — not devout; lacking religious devotion; irreligious
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- intortus — (of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- involute — intricate; complex.
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- iris-out — the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- iron out — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- jointure — an estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- junction — an act of joining; combining.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.
- kick out — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.