9-letter words containing t, a, i, u
- tarquinii — an ancient city of Etruria, in central Italy, NW of Rome: present-day Tarquinia on site.
- taruntius — a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 38 miles (61 km) in diameter.
- tauchnitz — Karl Christoph Traugott [kahrl kris-tawf trou-gawt] /ˈkɑrl ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈtraʊ gɔt/ (Show IPA), 1761–1836, and his son, Karl Christian Philipp [kris-tee-ahn fee-lip,, fil-ip] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA) 1798–1884, German printers and publishers.
- tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- tchambuli — a member of an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- teniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- terrarium — a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
- tessitura — the general pitch level or average range of a vocal or instrumental part in a musical composition: an uncomfortably high tessitura.
- thalamium — thalamus (def 3).
- thallious — having a surplus of thallium
- thaumatin — a type of natural sweetener derived from an African flowering plant, Thaumatococcus daniellii
- thibodaux — a city in SE Louisiana.
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- thuringia — a state in central Germany. 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
- tia juana — Tijuana.
- tinguaite — an igneous rock containing feldspar, nepheline and aegirine
- titubancy — staggering or stumbling
- togavirus — a virus belonging to the Togaviridae family and which usually affects birds and mammals rather than humans
- tokushima — a seaport on NE Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- totaquine — a mixture of quinine and other alkaloids derived from cinchona bark, used as a substitute for quinine in treating malaria
- trachinus — a weever fish
- tracksuit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
- traguline — like or characteristic of a tragule
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- traumatic — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- trial run — a preliminary performance or test of something, as of the operation of a ship or the effectiveness of a play.
- trialogue — a discussion or conversation in which three persons or groups participate.
- triannual — done, occurring, issued, etc., three times a year.
- tribulate — to trouble or oppress
- tribunate — the office of tribune.
- tributary — a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
- trigamous — of or relating to trigamy or a trigamist.
- trijugate — having three pairs of leaflets.
- triquetra — a geometrical figure having three points, especially one formed of three intersecting ellipses: The triquetra was often used in ancient art to symbolize a triune deity.
- triradius — a Y -shaped group of ridges on the palm of the hand at the base of each finger.
- triturate — to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.
- triumphal — of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.
- truanting — the condition or action of playing truant
- tsingyuan — Older Spelling. Qingyuan.
- tub chair — an easy chair having a semicircular back and, with the wings or arms, forming a single upholstered piece.
- tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
- tularemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- tulsi das — 1543?–1623, Hindi poet and philosopher.
- tungusian — of or relating to a formerly nomadic Mongoloid people of E Siberia
- turbinate — Also, turbinated. having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled.
- turkistan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turmaline — tourmaline.