5-letter words containing t, u
- puget — Pierre (pjɛr). 1620–94, French Baroque sculptor, best known for his Milo of Crotona (c. 1680)
- punto — a hit or sword thrust
- punty — an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- purty — pretty.
- putid — having an unpleasant odour
- putin — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- puton — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- putti — a representation of a cherubic infant, often shown winged.
- putto — a representation of a cherubic infant, often shown winged.
- putty — a compound of whiting and linseed oil, of a doughlike consistency when fresh, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc.
- quant — Mary, born 1934, English fashion designer and entrepreneur.
- quart — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quata — Archaic form of coiata.
- quate — (Scotland) quiet.
- qubit — the fundamental unit of information in a quantum computer, capable of existing in two states, 0 or 1, simultaneously or at a different time.
- quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quilt — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- quint — a quintuplet.
- quirt — a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- quist — (Midlands) the woodpigeon, Columba palumbus.
- quite — completely, wholly, or entirely: quite the reverse; not quite finished.
- quito — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- quits — released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of): quit of all further responsibilities.
- quoit — quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quot. — quotation
- quota — the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- quoth — said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject): Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”.
- rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- roust — to rout, as from a place: to roust someone out of bed.
- route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- routh — abundance; plenty.
- routs — a bellow.
- runty — stunted; dwarfish: The runty puppy seems the most playful of the litter.
- rusty — restive; stubborn: a rusty horse.
- rutin — a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 2 7 H 3 0 O 1 6 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- rutty — full of or abounding in ruts, as a road.
- sadtu — South African Democratic Teachers Union
- sault — a waterfall or rapid.
- saute — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scuft — the nape or back of the neck
- scuta — plural of scutum.
- scute — a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- setup — Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
- shtup — to have sexual intercourse with.
- shunt — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.