8-letter words containing t, i, u
- titubant — staggering
- titubate — to stagger
- tonguing — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- toreutic — of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- tortious — of the nature of or pertaining to a tort.
- touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
- toughies — a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
- toughish — somewhat tough.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- touristy — pertaining to or characteristic of tourists: a touristy attitude.
- tournois — (of coins) minted in Tours, France: livre tournois.
- toutatis — a Celtic god worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain
- train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- tributer — a miner who is waged by tribute
- trigonum — trigone.
- trillium — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
- trimurti — (in later Hinduism) a trinity consisting of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer.
- trip out — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- tristful — full of sadness; sorrowful.
- triticum — any annual cereal grass of the genus Triticum, which includes the wheats
- triumvir — Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.
- triunity — Trinity (defs 4, 5).
- troupial — any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- trucking — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- true rib — one member of the first seven pairs of ribs that are attached in humans to the sternum by costal cartilages.
- truistic — a self-evident, obvious truth.
- trujillo — Rafael Leonidas [raf-ey-el lee-on-i-duh s;; Spanish rah-fah-el le-aw-nee-th ahs] /ˈræf eɪˌɛl liˈɒn ɪ dəs;; Spanish ˌrɑ fɑˈɛl ˌlɛ ɔˈni ðɑs/ (Show IPA), (Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina) 1891–1961, Dominican general and politician: president 1930–38, 1942–52.
- trumping — a trumpet.
- trumpism — the policies advocated by Donald Trump, especially those involving a rejection of the current political establishment and the vigorous pursuit of American national interests
- trunking — the cables that take a common route through an exchange building linking ranks of selectors
- trunnion — either of the two cylindrical projections on a cannon, one on each side for supporting the cannon on its carriage.
- trussing — Civil Engineering, Building Trades. any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c). any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- trusting — Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tsushima — two adjacent Japanese islands between Korea and Kyushu: Russian fleet defeated by Japanese fleet 1905. 271 sq. mi. (702 sq. km).
- tuberoid — a thickened or fleshy root resembling a tuber
- tubicole — an invertebrate animal that lives in a self-constructed tube
- tubiform — shaped like a tube.
- tubingen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, between the Neckar and Ammer rivers: university.
- tulipant — a turban
- tullibee — a commercially important deep-bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi tullibee.
- tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- tuned in — If someone is tuned in to something, they are aware of it and concentrating on it.