8-letter words containing t, u, n, i
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- funniest — Superlative form of funny.
- futanari — (anime, manga, uncountable) A genre of Japanese anime or manga featuring hermaphrodite characters, generally with female bodies plus a penis.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- geniture — birth; generation.
- glutelin — any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- glutenin — a simple protein of cereal grains that imparts adhesive properties to flour.
- glutting — Present participle of glut.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- grunting — to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- guesting — Present participle of guest.
- guilting — the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunfight — a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
- gunflint — the flint in a flintlock.
- gunpoint — the point or aim of a gun.
- gunsight — A device on a gun that enables it to be aimed accurately.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- hustings — (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- hutching — Present participle of hutch.
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- ignatius — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- imminute — reduced
- immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- impudent — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- impunity — exemption from punishment.
- imputing — Present participle of impute.
- in a rut — stuck in routine
- in doubt — uncertain
- in dutch — of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- in trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- in truth — honestly, to tell the truth
- in utero — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
- in-built — built-in (def 2).
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- inaurate — gilded or gleaming as if gilded
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.