10-letter words containing r, o, t, a, u
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subjugator — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subtractor — in electronics, a circuit of which the output depends upon the difference between two inputs
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- sugar-coat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- surrogatum — a substitute
- suturation — the act of suturing
- tabulatory — relating to tabulation
- 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.
- tartareous — resembling, of the nature of, or relating to tartar
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
- titanosaur — any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
- torquemada — Tomás de [taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- 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.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- traitorous — having the character of a traitor; treacherous; perfidious.
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- treasonous — treasonable.
- trifarious — facing in three different directions
- trilocular — having three loculi, chambers, or cells.
- trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
- triturator — to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- trout farm — a lake or other enclosed area of water where trout are bred for food
- trouvaille — a windfall
- 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.
- tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
- tug of war — an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
- tug-of-war — an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
- tuitionary — relating to tuition
- turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
- turbotrain — a train powered by a gas-turbine locomotive.
- turbulator — a device that is designed to make air flow more smoothly over the wing of an aircraft and minimize turbulence
- turkey oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus cerris, of Eurasia, or Q. laevis and Q. incana, of the southern U.S., that grow on dry, sandy barrens.