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