11-letter words containing t, o, u, r
- tumble over — If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement.
- 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.
- turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- turkey cock — the male of the turkey.
- turkey trot — an early ragtime one-step, popular in the period of World War I
- turkey-trot — to dance the turkey trot.
- turn around — move to face away
- turn button — button (def 9).
- turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
- turtle dove — A turtle dove is a type of light-brown dove which makes a soft pleasant sound and which is said to behave in a very affectionate way towards its sexual partner and its young.
- turtle soup — soup made from turtle flesh, usually of the green turtle
- turtledoves — any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
- tutor group — (in British secondary schools) a grouping of students who are taught together
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- two-by-four — two units thick and four units wide, especially in inches.
- typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
- tyrannosaur — a large, carnivorous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, from the Late Cretaceous Epoch of North America, that walked erect on its hind feet.
- ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
- ultramodern — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrasmooth — extremely smooth
- 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
- unabrogated — not abrogated, revoked, or annulled
- unabsorbent — (of fabric, material, etc) not able to soak up liquid
- 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.
- unbetrothed — engaged to be married: She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
- unbrotherly — not brotherly
- uncomforted — not comforted or consoled
- unconcerted — contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together: a concerted effort.
- unconstrued — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- uncontrived — obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story.
- unconverted — noting a specified type of person who has been converted from the religion, beliefs, or attitudes characteristic of that type: a converted Christian; a converted thief.
- uncorrected — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- uncorrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- uncourteous — impolite; discourteous.
- uncustomary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- undecorated — exhibiting no decoration or unadorned
- under-quote — to offer (stocks, merchandise, etc.) at a price lower than the market price or some other quoted price; offer at a price reduced by (a specified amount).
- underaction — inadequate activity
- underclothe — to supply with underclothes
- undercovert — a covering of undergrowth
- undergrowth — low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath larger trees; underbrush.
- underhonest — not fully honest
- underreport — to report fewer than the actual number or less than the true amount of
- undershorts — short underpants for men and boys.
- understorey — a lower tier of shrubs and small trees under the main canopy of forest trees