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10-letter words containing s, t, o, u

  • tricoteuse — a woman who knits, with reference to women who sat and witnessed the public executions taking place during the French Revolution
  • trifarious — facing in three different directions
  • trioecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
  • tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
  • tristylous — having three styles.
  • triticeous — used to refer to specific small rounded structures of tissue or cartilage, resembling grains of wheat, sometimes found in the area near the larynx and the base of the tongue
  • trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
  • tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
  • trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
  • truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
  • 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 show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
  • truss hoop — a hoop placed around the staves of a barrel to secure them in place.
  • tube-nosed — having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
  • tuberosity — a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
  • tubicolous — living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.
  • tuboplasty — surgical repair of one or both Fallopian tubes
  • tuffaceous — a fragmental rock consisting of the smaller kinds of volcanic detritus, as ash or cinder, usually more or less stratified.
  • tumultuous — full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar: a tumultuous celebration.
  • turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
  • tuscaloosa — a city in W Alabama.
  • two-suiter — a suitcase designed to hold two suits and additional smaller items.
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
  • ubiquitous — widespread
  • ultrashort — extremely short.
  • 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
  • unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
  • unaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
  • unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
  • unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
  • unbesought — not besought or entreated
  • unbestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
  • unboastful — not boastful
  • uncautious — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
  • uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
  • unconstant — lacking stability or fidelity
  • uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
  • uncustomed — contrary to custom
  • undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • understood — simple past tense and past participle of understand.
  • understory — the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.
  • undomestic — not domestic; not skilled in domestic tasks or housework
  • unescorted — a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
  • unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • unforested — not forested
  • unfostered — not brought up by a parent
  • unhistoric — not famous or important in history
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