7-letter words containing o, u, t, r
- torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- torulin — a vitamin found in yeast
- torulus — a socket in an insect's head in which its antenna is attached
- toucher — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- tougher — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- touraco — any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- tourane — former name of Danang.
- touring — a traveling around from place to place.
- tourism — the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- tourist — a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- tournai — a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- tourney — a tournament.
- trochus — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a hoop or wheel, as used in play or exercise
- troilus — a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- trounce — to beat severely; thrash.
- trouped — a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- trouper — an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- trouser — of or relating to trousers or a trouser: trouser cuffs; a trouser seam.
- trouter — someone who catches or fishes for trout
- trustor — a person who creates a trust.
- try out — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- try-out — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- tryouts — a trial or test to ascertain fitness for some purpose.
- tsouris — trouble; woe.
- turbo c — (language) Borland's C compiler for IBM PCs. Turbo C, version 1.0, was introduced by Borland in 1987. It offered the first integrated edit-compile-run development environment for C on IBM PCs. It ran in 384KB of memory. It allowed inline assembly, supported all memory models, and offered optimisations for speed, size, constant folding, and jump elimination. Version 1.5 shipped on five 360 KB diskettes of uncompressed files, and came with sample C programs, including a stripped down spreadsheet called mcalc. Turbo C 2.0 has a debugger, a fast assembler, and an extensive graphics library. Turbo C has been largely supplanted by Turbo C++, introduced circa September, 1990 for both MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.
- turlock — a town in central California.
- turmoil — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
- turn on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turn to — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turn-on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turnoff — a small road that branches off from a larger one, especially a ramp or exit leading off a major highway: He took the wrong turnoff and it took him some 15 minutes to get back on the turnpike.
- turnout — the gathering of persons who come to an exhibition, party, spectacle, or the like: They had a large turnout at the meeting.
- 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.
- tutwork — any work undertaken on an area or measurement of land and for which payment is determined at a fixed rate
- umberto — Humbert I.
- unfrost — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- unroost — to remove from a perch
- unworth — a lack of value; unworthiness
- upcourt — away from one's own basket
- upfront — of or relating to the front.
- upthrow — an upheaval, as of the earth's surface.
- urmston — a town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 964 (2001)
- urolith — a urinary calculus.
- utamaro — Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
- utrillo — Maurice [maw-rees;; French maw-rees] /mɔˈris;; French mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, French painter (son of Suzanne Valadon).
- voiture — a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
- vorkuta — a city N of the Arctic Circle, in the Komi Republic, in NE European Russia.
- workout — a trial or practice session in athletics, as in running, boxing, or football.