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11-letter words containing t, i, o, u

  • tocqueville — Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, French statesman and author.
  • toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
  • tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
  • toluic acid — any of four isomeric acids having the formula CH 3 C 6 H 4 COOH: derivatives of toluene.
  • tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
  • tongue-tied — unable to speak, as from shyness, embarrassment, or surprise.
  • toolbuilder — Tool Builder Kit
  • torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
  • tough pitch — the state of refined copper when it is soft, malleable, and flexible: tough pitch copper.
  • tough titty — (often used dismissively) regrettable
  • tourbillion — a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind.
  • touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
  • tourist car — a railroad sleeping car, usually having seats that can be converted into berths.
  • touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
  • tout a fait — entirely; completely.
  • trade union — a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.
  • transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
  • trial court — the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated (distinguished from appellate division).
  • tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
  • tricoloured — having three colours
  • tridominium — the shared rule of three states
  • trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
  • triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
  • triquetrous — three-sided; triangular.
  • trisepalous — having three sepals.
  • trispermous — having three seeds.
  • tristichous — arranged in three rows.
  • trituration — the act of triturating.
  • trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
  • tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
  • tubiflorous — tubuliflorous.
  • tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
  • tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
  • tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • tumour-like — (of a growth, swelling, nodule, etc) resembling a tumour or tumours
  • tuning fork — a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.
  • tuning knob — a knob or dial on a radio used to tune into different stations
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
  • ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
  • ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.
  • ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
  • umbratilous — shadowy; faint
  • unalachtigo — a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
  • unambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • unamortized — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
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