10-letter words containing u, l, t, e, r, i
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
- russellite — a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- sultriness — oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
- superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- superlight — extremely light
- supertitle — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
- surrealist — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
- surreality — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- tabularize — to tabulate.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tertullian — (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- tirailleur — an African soldier in the French colonial army
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- trisulcate — having three grooves or furrows
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- triturable — capable of being triturated.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- trunk line — a major long-distance transportation line.
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- tularaemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- tulip tree — Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulcerative — causing ulceration.
- ulteriorly — being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- ultraquiet — especially or extremely quiet
- unaltering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- undertitle — the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- unfiltered — reality-based.
- unicentral — (of growth or development) in, from, or around one central point
- unilateral — relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only: unilateral development; a unilateral approach.