8-letter words containing t, u, n, g
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- tissuing — Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- tonguing — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tongzhou — former name of Nantong.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
- trap gun — a firearm designed for trapshooting.
- trigonum — trigone.
- trucking — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- trumping — a trumpet.
- trunking — the cables that take a common route through an exchange building linking ranks of selectors
- trussing — Civil Engineering, Building Trades. any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c). any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- trusting — Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- tubingen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, between the Neckar and Ammer rivers: university.
- tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
- tung oil — a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
- tungchow — Tongzhou.
- tungshan — Tongshan.
- tungsten — a rare, metallic element having a bright-gray color, a metallic luster, and a high melting point, 3410° C, and found in wolframite, tungstite, and other minerals: used in alloys of high-speed cutting tools, electric-lamp filaments, etc. Symbol: W; atomic weight: 183.85; atomic number: 74; specific gravity: 19.3.
- tungstic — of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.
- tungting — a lake in S China, in Hunan province. 1450 sq. mi. (3755 sq. km).
- tungusic — a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Manchuria and central and SE Siberia, including Manchu, Evenki, Even, and languages of the Amur River region, as Nanay.
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- turgenev — Ivan Sergeevich [ee-vahn syir-gye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, Russian novelist.
- turingol — (language) A high-level language for programming Turing Machines by Donald Knuth. It was the subject of the first construction of a nontrivial attribute grammar.
- tussling — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- tutoring — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- umangite — a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, having a dark blue or red colour and metallic lustre
- unbought — simple past tense and past participle of buy.
- unbright — not bright
- uncaught — simple past tense and past participle of catch.
- unfought — (of a victory, battle, etc) not fought
- ungentle — not gentle
- ungently — in an ungentle manner
- ungifted — not talented
- ungotten — not obtained or gained.
- unguenta — (in prescriptions) ointment.
- unguilty — innocent
- ungulate — having hoofs.
- unknight — to take away the status of knighthood from (someone)
- unsating — not sating
- unsought — simple past tense and past participle of seek.
- unstaged — adapted for or produced on the stage.
- unstring — to deprive of strings: to unstring a violin.
- unstrung — simple past tense and past participle of unstring.
- untagged — without a label or tag; not tagged or labelled
- untaking — the act of a person or thing that takes.
- untangle — to bring out of a tangled state; disentangle; unsnarl.
- untaught — simple past tense and past participle of unteach.
- untinged — not colored, as by paint or the sun.