8-letter words containing t, u
- altitude — If something is at a particular altitude, it is at that height above sea level.
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- amateurs — Plural form of amateur.
- ambulant — moving about from place to place
- ambulate — to wander about or move from one place to another
- amoungst — Archaic form of amongst.
- amounted — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- amputees — Plural form of amputee.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- amusette — a type of light field cannon
- anctious — Obsolete form of anxious.
- anestrus — in the breeding cycle of many mammals, the period of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- angstful — Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.
- angulate — having angles or an angular shape
- anicetus — Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- annulate — having, composed of, or marked with rings
- annulets — Plural form of annulet.
- anquetil — Jacques [zhak] /ʒak/ (Show IPA), 1934–87, French cyclist with five victories (1957, 1961–64) in the Tour de France.
- antabuse — a drug, a brand of disulfiram, used in the treatment of alcoholism, that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant symptoms following ingestion of alcohol; tetraethylthiuram disulphide
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- anticult — opposed to religious cults
- antidrug — (of a person, group or initiative) discouraging illegal drug use
- antidune — a sand hill or inclined bedding plane that forms a steep slope against the direction of a fast-flowing current
- antifoul — (rare) Antifouling.
- antiguan — of or relating to Antigua or its inhabitants
- antimuon — the antiparticle of a muon
- antinous — the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antinuke — opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antiphus — (in the Iliad) a Trojan ally, the son of Talaemenes and a nymph.
- antiqued — An antiqued object is modern but has been made to look like an antique.
- antiquer — a person who alters the appearance of objects to give an antique quality
- antiques — the business of selling antique objects
- antiquey — having the appearance of an antique
- antirust — (of a product or procedure) effective against rust
- antismut — opposed to or acting to prevent the circulation of obscene material
- antonius — Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs)
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- aperture — An aperture is a narrow hole or gap.
- aphthous — Of, or relating to aphtha.
- aplustre — the ornamental stern on an ancient Greek or Roman ship
- apsyrtus — a son of Aeëtes, killed by his sister Medea, who, while fleeing with Jason, threw pieces of her brother's body into the sea so that her father, in pursuing her, might be delayed while picking them up.
- apterium — a bare patch on the skin of a bird between the feathered pterylae
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
- aquaduct — Misspelling of aqueduct.
- aquanaut — a person who lives and works underwater