9-letter words containing t, a, i, u
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- beatitude — supreme blessedness or happiness
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bit gauge — a device for stopping a bit when it has reached a desired depth.
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- brutality — Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- busticate — to break
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- cat-built — (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- cauteries — Plural form of cautery.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cauterism — the application of burning, searing, or cautery
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- cerastium — any of a genus of plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- circuital — an act or instance of going or moving around.
- circulant — (mathematics) A circulant matrix.
- circulate — If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding