10-letter words containing t, o, r, u, l
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- quatrefoil — a leaf composed of four leaflets.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- resolutely — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
- salutatory — pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- southernly — southerly.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stormfully — in a stormful manner
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subsultory — moving in starts or twitches; relating to subsultus
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- tabulatory — relating to tabulation
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- telecourse — a course of study presented on television, as for local home viewers receiving credit at a community college.
- temerously — in a temerous manner
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- thoroughly — in a thorough manner or degree; completely and carefully: We will review the data thoroughly.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- tortuously — full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
- tourbillon — a device in a mechanical watch which prevents errors due to changes in gravity
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.