6-letter words containing t, u
- caught — Caught is the past tense and past participle of catch.
- cautel — craftiness; skilful deceit
- cauter — an ironlike instrument used for cauterizing and searing organic tissue
- centum — denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches
- cestui — the person (who)
- cestus — the girdle of Aphrodite (Venus) decorated to cause amorousness
- cetura — Keturah.
- chaunt — chant
- chubut — a river in SW Argentina, in the Andes, flowing E to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- chutes — Plural form of chute.
- cicuta — a genus of poisonous plants, including hemlock and cowbane
- cistus — any plant of the genus Cistus
- citrus — A citrus fruit is a juicy fruit with a sharp taste such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- cletus — Anacletus.
- clouet — François (frɑ̃swa), ?1515–72, and his father, Jean (ʒɑ̃), ?1485–?1540, French portrait painters
- clouts — Plural form of clout.
- clutch — If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
- clutha — a river in New Zealand, the longest river in South Island; rising in the Southern Alps it flows southeast to the Pacific. Length: 338 km (210 miles)
- cobnut — filbert
- coetus — Rare spelling of coitus.
- coitus — Coitus is sexual intercourse.
- copout — an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
- coquet — to behave flirtatiously
- cosatu — Congress of South Africa Trade Unions
- costus — a Himalayan herb, Saussurea lappa, with an aromatic root which has medicinal properties and which also yields an oil that is used in perfumery
- coteau — a hillside
- cottus — a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its head
- cotula — (in prescriptions) a measure.
- cought — Misspelling of caught.
- counts — Plural form of count.
- county — A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
- courts — Plural form of court.
- couter — a piece of armour designed to protect the elbow
- couthy — Alternative form of couthie.
- coutil — a tightly-woven twill cloth used in corsetry
- cratur — a person
- cronut — A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut.
- croute — a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served
- cruets — Plural form of cruet.
- cruset — a goldsmith's crucible
- crusta — a hard outer layer, esp in anatomy or pathology
- crusts — Plural form of crust.
- crusty — Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.
- crutch — A crutch is a stick whose top fits round or under the user's arm, which someone with an injured foot or leg uses to support their weight when walking.
- cuatro — a small guitar with four strings
- cubist — A Cubist is an artist who painted in the style of Cubism.
- cubits — Plural form of cubit, an ancient unit of measurement.
- cucuta — a city in E Colombia: commercial centre of a coffee-producing region. Pop: 883 000 (2005 est)
- cueist — a person skilled in cue sports; a snooker, billiards, or pool player
- cuesta — a long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the differential erosion of strata of differing hardness