8-letter words containing o, u, t
- autonyms — Plural form of autonym.
- autonymy — The use of a symbol as a name for itself.
- autopass — (programming)
- autopsic — relating to autopsy
- autoptic — relating to or belonging to personal observation
- autosave — a function on a computer that automatically saves data at regular intervals
- autosome — any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome
- autostat — (language) A language for statistical programming.
- autostop — Hitchhiking.
- autotest — a motor race in which standard cars are driven around a racing circuit
- autotomy — the casting off by an animal of a part of its body, to facilitate escape when attacked
- autotune — a software package that automatically manipulates a recording of a vocal track until it is in tune regardless of whether or not the original performance was in tune
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- autotypy — (dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
- autozero — Autozeroing.
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- azoturia — the condition of having excess nitrogen in the urine
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- beat out — If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
- beat-out — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- belt out — If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
- besought — beseech
- beyrouth — Beirut.
- bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- blow-out — (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
- blowtube — a tube used for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boat bug — water boatman.
- bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- bomb out — If a building or area is bombed out, it is destroyed by bombs. If people are bombed out, their houses are destroyed by bombs.
- book out — to leave or cause to leave a hotel
- boom out — sound loudly and deeply
- boot out — If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.