9-letter words containing t, e, l, i, u
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- subtitled — with dialogue on screen
- subtitles — a written translation superimposed on a film or television programme that has foreign dialogue
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- surtitles — supertitle.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- tediously — marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- telluride — a binary compound of tellurium with an electropositive element or group.
- tellurion — an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
- tellurite — Chemistry. a salt of tellurous acid, as sodium tellurite, Na 2 TeO 3 .
- tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
- tellurize — to mix or cause to combine with tellurium.
- toluidide — a chemical deriving from toluene
- toluidine — any of three isomeric amines having the formula C 7 H 9 N, derived from toluene: used in the dye and drug industries.
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.
- traguline — like or characteristic of a tragule
- trialogue — a discussion or conversation in which three persons or groups participate.
- tribulate — to trouble or oppress
- trouville — a seaport in NW France, on the English Channel: resort.
- truckline — a transportation line utilizing trucks.
- true bill — a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as being sufficiently supported by evidence to justify a hearing of the case.
- true-life — similar to everyday life; realistic: true-life episodes.
- truthlike — resembling the truth
- tuileries — a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
- tuillette — (in a medieval suit of armour) a little tuille
- 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.
- tunneling — Physics. a quantum-mechanical process by which a particle can pass through a potential energy barrier that is higher than the energy of the particle: first postulated to explain the escape of alpha particles from atomic nuclei.
- turf-like — resembling turf
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- turnstile — a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- uitlander — a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- ultrawide — extremely wide
- umbratile — shadowy; shady
- undelight — the absence of delight
- undilated — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- undiluted — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
- unethical — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unhostile — not hostile
- unit cell — the simplest unit of a regular lattice.
- unit rule — (in national conventions of the Democratic Party) a rule whereby a state's delegation votes as a unit, not recognizing minority votes within the delegation.
- univalent — Chemistry. having a valence of one; monovalent.
- unlighted — not made to start burning; unlit; unignited
- unlimited — not limited; unrestricted; unconfined: unlimited trade.