7-letter words containing t, o, u
- customs — the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband
- cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
- cut out — If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
- cut-out — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- cutdown — a decrease or reduction in the number, size, or incidence of anything
- cutoffs — trousers that have been shortened to calf length or to make shorts
- cutouts — Plural form of cutout.
- cutover — an area cleared of timber
- cutwork — openwork embroidery in which the pattern is cut away from the background
- cutworm — the caterpillar of various noctuid moths, esp those of the genus Argrotis, which is a pest of young crop plants in North America
- demount — to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting
- detours — Plural form of detour.
- devouts — Plural form of devout.
- die out — If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- dig out — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- dilutor — a device that dilutes something, such as a fitting on a garden hose or part of an industrial machine
- dim-out — a reduction or concealment of night lighting in wartime to make the source less visible to an enemy from the air or sea.
- dip out — to miss out on or fail to participate in something
- donatus — early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group. Compare Donatist.
- dortour — (historical) A bedroom or dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- dorture — Alternative form of dortour.
- doublet — a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.
- doubted — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- doubter — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- doughts — Plural form of dought.
- doughty — steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
- dourest — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- douting — Present participle of dout.
- droguet — a woollen fabric
- dropout — an act or instance of dropping out.
- drought — A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
- droukit — drenched; soaked
- drouthy — droughty.
- dry out — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- du mont — Allen Balcom. 1901–65, US inventor and electronics manufacturer. He developed the cathode-ray tube used in television sets and oscilloscopes
- du pont — É(leuthère) I(rénée)1771-1834; Am. industrialist, born in France
- duction — (obsolete) guidance.
- dugento — duecento.
- dugouts — Plural form of dugout.
- duotone — of two tones or colors.
- duotype — two halftone plates made from a monochrome original but etched differently to create two values of intensity when superimposed in printing.
- dustoff — medevac (def 1).
- dustoor — a Parsee chief priest.
- duteous — dutiful; obedient.
- eat out — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- ecotour — A vacation tour or package that showcases ecology (wildlife, etc.) or is ecologically friendly.
- eductor — ejector (def 3).
- eelpout — any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- eke out — money, food: use sparingly
- elocute — (US, legal) To state, assert or admit.