9-letter words containing t, a, i, u
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- liquation — (metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
- liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- literatus — singular of literati.
- lithuania — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic: an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,174 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km). Capital: Vilnius.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- lunatical — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunitidal — pertaining to the part of the tidal movement dependent upon the moon.
- lusitania — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- maiquetia — a city in the Federal District, in N Venezuela.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- maltitude — (math) Any of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- martyrium — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- mastigium — an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).