9-letter words containing t, s, u, n
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- autobahns — Plural form of autobahn.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- bandobust — (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- bantustan — (formerly, in South Africa) an area reserved for occupation by a Black African people, with limited self-government; abolished in 1993
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- bee-stung — (of the lips) pouting and sensuous
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- bluntness — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- bounteous — giving freely; generous
- bruteness — the quality of being brutish or savage
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- burrstone — buhrstone
- bustiness — the state of being busty
- butchness — the state of being butch
- buttinski — a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.
- buttinsky — a busybody
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- canulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canulate.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centuries — Plural form of century.
- cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chestnuts — Plural form of chestnut.
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- clianthus — any Australian or New Zealand plant of the leguminous genus Clianthus, with ornamental clusters of slender scarlet flowers
- cocoanuts — Plural form of cocoanut.
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- concentus — a concent
- conceptus — any of various products of conception, including the embryo, fetus, and surrounding tissue
- conductus — a style of medieval liturgical composition for up to four voices; these were composed in the 12th and 13th centuries
- conjuncts — Plural form of conjunct.
- conquests — Plural form of conquest.
- consolute — (of two or more liquids) mutually soluble in all proportions
- construal — an act of construing
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied