10-letter words containing t, e, l, u
- nose flute — (esp in the South Sea Islands) a type of flute blown through the nose
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nucleating — Present participle of nucleate.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- nucleolate — containing a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- nucleotide — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- nummulated — relating to an expectorated combination of saliva and mucus in a circular, shallow form
- nummulites — Plural form of nummulite.
- nut weevil — any of several snout beetles of the genus Balaninus, the larvae of which live in and feed on nuts and acorns.
- obambulate — (intransitive) To walk about, to wander aimlessly.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- obnubilate — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
- oleo strut — a hydraulic device used as a shock absorber in the landing gear of aircraft, consisting of an oil-filled cylinder fitted with a hollow, perforated piston into which oil is slowly forced when a compressive force is applied to the landing gear, as in a landing.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- oubliettes — Plural form of oubliette.
- out-hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- out-relief — public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- outbluster — to surpass in blustering
- outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outclasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outclass.
- outdatedly — in an outdated manner
- outdazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdazzle.
- outdeliver — to surpass or outdo in delivery
- outdweller — a person who dwells away from or is remote from a particular place.
- outfielder — one of the players, especially in baseball, stationed in the outfield.
- outflanked — Simple past tense and past participle of outflank.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outglitter — to glitter more than
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outmodedly — In an outmoded manner.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- outselling — Present participle of outsell.
- outsettler — a person who inhabits a remote settlement or area.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- outworlder — (scifi) One who comes from another planet.
- outwrestle — to beat or be more successful than in wrestling, or in a struggle
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- page fault — (memory management) In a paged virtual memory system, an access to a page (block) of memory that is not currently mapped to physical memory. When a page fault occurs the operating system either fetches the page in from secondary storage (usually disk) if the access was legitimate or otherwise reports the access as illegal.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.