8-letter words containing r, i, t, u
- sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- sequitur — a conclusion that follows from the premises
- silurist — a member of the ancient Silurian tribe
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- spiritus — a spirit or breathing
- squirted — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- squirter — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- studiers — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturdier — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sturdily — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- subtribe — tribe within a larger tribe
- subtrist — slightly sad; not completely sad
- suitress — a female suitor
- summitry — the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations.
- superfit — extremely fit
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- suricate — a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- surtitle — supertitle.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- taciturn — inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- tailleur — a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- tainture — a taint or stain; contamination
- taqueria — a restaurant or stand specializing in Mexican dishes, as tacos and burritos.
- telluric — of or containing tellurium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- temirtau — a city in E central Kazakhstan, NW of Karaganda.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thurible — a censer.
- thurifer — a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
- tiberius — (Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar) 42 b.c.–a.d. 37, Roman emperor 14–37.
- timorous — full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- tincture — Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
- tire out — make exhausted
- toreutic — of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.