10-letter words containing n, a, o, t, u
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tantamount — equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- tautophony — the repetition of a sound
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- thousandth — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- titanosaur — any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
- titubation — a disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling, especially resulting from diseases of the cerebellum.
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- tournament — a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
- toxalbumin — any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- treasonous — treasonable.
- trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
- truncation — the act or process of truncating.
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.
- tubulation — Also, tubulated. shaped like or having a tube.
- tuitionary — relating to tuition
- turbotrain — a train powered by a gas-turbine locomotive.
- turnaround — the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- udon thani — a city in NE Thailand.
- ulan bator — a republic in E central Asia, in N Mongolia. About 600,000 sq. mi. (1,500,000 sq. km). Capital: Ulan Bator.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultrasonic — of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- ultrasound — Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.
- umbonation — the formation of an umbo
- unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- unaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- 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.
- unarrogant — not arrogant, self-important, or pompous
- unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
- unatonable — not able to be atoned for; unable to make amends for
- unboastful — not boastful
- uncautious — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- unconstant — lacking stability or fidelity
- under oath — having sworn to tell the truth
- underactor — a secondary actor or agent
- undogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- undulation — an act of undulating; a wavelike motion.
- undulatory — Also, undular. moving in undulations.
- unfactored — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- unfathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- unfavorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.