8-letter words containing t, u
- actuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate.
- actuator — An actuator is a machine or part of a machine which moves or controls another part in response to an input.
- acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
- aculeate — cutting; pointed
- acupoint — any of the specific points on the body where a needle is inserted in acupuncture or pressure is applied in acupressure
- acutance — a physical rather than subjective measure of the sharpness of a photographic image
- adducent — that adducts
- adducted — Physiology. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct).
- adductor — a muscle that adducts
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adiantum — The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
- adjugate — adjoint (def 1).
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- adjutage — a nozzle or tube attached to a vessel to allow the discharge of liquid
- adjutant — An adjutant is an officer in the army who deals with administrative work.
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- adrastus — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advoutry — adultery
- aegyptus — a king of Egypt and twin brother of Danaüs
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- affluent — If you are affluent, you have a lot of money.
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- ageratum — any tropical American plant of the genus Ageratum, such as A. houstonianum and A. conyzoides, which have thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers
- aguacate — an avocado
- ahuzzath — a friend of Abimelech with whom he journeyed from Gerar to make a covenant with Isaac in Beersheba. Gen. 26:26–31.
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- alaouite — a member of a Shiite sect of Syrian Muslims
- aleutian — of, denoting, or relating to the Aleutian Islands, the Aleuts, or their language
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquant — of, signifying, or relating to a quantity or number that is not an exact divisor of a given quantity or number
- aliquote — Misspelling of aliquot.
- aliquots — Plural form of aliquot.
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- allmouth — angler (def 3).
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- alouette — French. a lark.
- although — You use although to introduce a subordinate clause which contains a statement which contrasts with the statement in the main clause.