9-letter words containing i, t, o, u
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autogiros — Plural form of autogiro.
- autoguide — a traffic information transmission system designed to stop congestion
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- autolytic — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- automagic — done with such ease and speed as to seem like magic
- automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- autotimer — a device for turning a system on and off automatically at times predetermined by advance setting
- autotoxin — any poison or toxin formed in the organism upon which it acts
- auxotonic — (of muscle contraction) occurring against increasing force
- big mouth — If you say that someone is a big mouth or that they have a big mouth, you mean that they tell other people things that should have been kept secret.
- binturong — an arboreal SE Asian viverrine mammal, Arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long shaggy black hair
- bioturbed — stirred by organisms
- blimp out — to become greatly overweight
- bliss out — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- botulinum — an anaerobic botulin-secreting bacterium, Clostridium botulinum
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- boutiquey — having the characteristics of a boutique
- bring out — When a person or company brings out a new product, especially a new book or CD, they produce it and put it on sale.
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bufotoxin — a toxin obtained from the skin glands of the European toad, Bufa vulgaris.
- bulbosity — the quality of being bulbous
- bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
- bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
- buteonine — of or relating to hawks
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person