9-letter words containing t, u, n, i
- antitauon — (physics) the antiparticle of the tauon.
- antitrust — In the United States, antitrust laws are intended to stop large firms taking over their competitors, fixing prices with their competitors, or interfering with free competition in any way.
- antitumor — Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- antiunion — opposed to trade unions
- antiurban — opposed to the urban environment or urban life
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- antoninus — Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius.
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- aquatinta — (dated, arts) aquatint.
- aquatints — Plural form of aquatint.
- aquitaine — a region of SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: a former Roman province and medieval duchy. It is generally flat in the west, rising to the slopes of the Massif Central in the northeast and the Pyrenees in the south; mainly agricultural
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- arcturian — a first-magnitude star in the constellation Boötes.
- arcuation — the use of arches or vaults in buildings
- art union — a lottery, often with prizes other than cash
- arthurian — of or relating to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
- attuition — a way of mentally perceiving which is between human perception and animal sensation
- au gratin — covered and cooked with browned breadcrumbs and sometimes cheese
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- 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
- auntie-ji — a respectful name and form of address given to a woman from the generation older than oneself
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- 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.
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autotoxin — any poison or toxin formed in the organism upon which it acts
- auxotonic — (of muscle contraction) occurring against increasing force
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- 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
- binturong — an arboreal SE Asian viverrine mammal, Arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long shaggy black hair
- bitternut — an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis, with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
- blind gut — cecum
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- botulinum — an anaerobic botulin-secreting bacterium, Clostridium botulinum
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- bring out — When a person or company brings out a new product, especially a new book or CD, they produce it and put it on sale.