11-letter words containing t, o, u, r
- terraqueous — consisting of land and water, as the earth.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- terrigenous — produced by the earth.
- tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
- tetragonous — related to a tetragon
- tetramerous — consisting of or divided into four parts.
- tetrandrous — having four stamens.
- tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
- tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
- tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
- thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
- the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
- the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- third house — a legislative lobby.
- thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
- three hours — a religious observance practiced between noon and three o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday.
- through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
- throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
- thrust upon — If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
- timor timur — East Timor
- to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- to run riot — If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner.
- to run wild — If something or someone, especially a child, runs wild, they behave in a natural, free, or uncontrolled way.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- tolyl group — any of three univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
- tone colour — the quality of a musical sound that is conditioned or distinguished by the upper partials or overtones present in it
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- toolbuilder — Tool Builder Kit
- top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
- topsy-turvy — with the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- touch rugby — a limited-contact version of rugby in which players seek to evade being touched (rather than tackled) while in possession of the ball
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- 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.
- tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.