7-letter words containing t, s, u
- austria — a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles)
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- auteurs — Plural form of auteur.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- autoist — motorist.
- autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
- autumns — Plural form of autumn.
- azotous — nitrous, containing nitrogen
- baguets — Plural form of baguet.
- balteus — (on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- balthus — real name Balthasar Klossowski de Rola. 1908–2001, French painter of Polish descent, noted esp for his paintings of adolescent girls
- becrust — to cover with crust
- bequest — A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die.
- beshout — to shout at or about
- bespout — to utter (something) pretentiously
- biscuit — A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.
- bisitun — Behistun.
- bismuth — a brittle pinkish-white crystalline metallic element having low thermal and electrical conductivity, which expands on cooling. It is widely used in alloys, esp low-melting alloys in fire safety devices; its compounds are used in medicines. Symbol: Bi; atomic no: 83; atomic wt: 208.98037; valency: 3 or 5; relative density: 9.747; melting pt: 271.4°C; boiling pt: 1564±5°C
- bisutun — Behistun.
- blushet — a modest young woman, perceived as prone to blushing
- bluster — If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- boeotus — a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- boletus — any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible
- bosquet — bosket
- bossuet — Jacques Bénigne (ʒɑk beniɲ). 1627–1704, French bishop: noted for his funeral orations
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- brutism — the characteristic actions of a brute
- bullets — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- bumster — (of trousers) cut low so as to reveal the top part of the buttocks
- bundist — a member of a bund
- bungest — out of order; broken; unusable.
- bursate — resembling or containing a bursa
- bursted — to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence: The bitter cold caused the pipes to burst.
- burster — a person or thing that bursts.
- bush it — to camp out in the bush
- bushtit — any small grey active North American songbird of the genus Psaltriparus, such as P. minimus (common bushtit): family Paridae (titmice)
- busiest — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- bust on — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- bust up — a failure.
- bust-up — A bust-up is a serious quarrel, often resulting in the end of a relationship.
- bustard — any terrestrial bird of the family Otididae, inhabiting open regions of the Old World: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc). They have long strong legs, a heavy body, a long neck, and speckled plumage
- bustier — A bustier is a type of close-fitting strapless top worn by women.
- busuuti — a long garment with short sleeves and a square neckline, worn by Ugandan women, esp in S Uganda
- butlins — one of the two best-known traditional holiday camps in Britain
- buttals — the boundary lines of a piece of land
- butters — very ugly
- buttons — a page boy
- canthus — the inner or outer corner or angle of the eye, formed by the natural junction of the eyelids
- cast up — (of the sea) to cast ashore