9-letter words containing t, s, u
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autofocus — a device that focuses a lens, camera, etc. automatically
- autogiros — Plural form of autogiro.
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- autolyses — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autoplast — autograft.
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- autosomal — any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- baguettes — Plural form of baguette.
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- 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
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- bass tuba — a tuba pitched in F or E-flat
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- bee-stung — (of the lips) pouting and sensuous
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- beer bust — an occasion on which a lot of beer is drunk
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bierstube — a tavern or café offering German or German-style atmosphere, décor, food, beer, etc.
- bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bismutite — a mineral, bismuth carbonate, resulting from the alteration of bismuth minerals: a minor source of bismuth.
- bissextus — February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bisulfite — an acid sulfite containing the monovalent negative radical HSO3
- blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
- bliss out — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting