10-letter words containing n, o, t, u, r
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surjection — onto function.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- suturation — the act of suturing
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters
- 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.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tenpounder — ladyfish.
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tirocinium — first or early training or experience, usually referring to the military
- titanosaur — any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tonguester — a person who talks endlessly or who gossips
- tourbillon — a device in a mechanical watch which prevents errors due to changes in gravity
- 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.
- tourniquet — Medicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
- 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.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
- true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
- truncation — the act or process of truncating.
- 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.
- 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.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- tuitionary — relating to tuition
- tumorgenic — producing tumours
- turbotrain — a train powered by a gas-turbine locomotive.
- turle knot — a special kind of knot for tying a leader, especially of gut, to an eyed hook or fly.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- ultroneous — spontaneous; willing; voluntary