8-letter words containing u, n, i, t
- tissuing — Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- titanium — a dark-gray or silvery, lustrous, very hard, light, corrosion-resistant, metallic element, occurring combined in various minerals: used in metallurgy to remove oxygen and nitrogen from steel and to toughen it. Symbol: Ti; atomic weight: 47.90; atomic number: 22; specific gravity: 4.5 at 20°C.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- tithonus — the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper
- titubant — staggering
- tonguing — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- tournois — (of coins) minted in Tours, France: livre tournois.
- train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- trigonum — trigone.
- triunity — Trinity (defs 4, 5).
- trucking — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- trumping — a trumpet.
- trunking — the cables that take a common route through an exchange building linking ranks of selectors
- trunnion — either of the two cylindrical projections on a cannon, one on each side for supporting the cannon on its carriage.
- trussing — Civil Engineering, Building Trades. any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c). any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- trusting — Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tubingen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, between the Neckar and Ammer rivers: university.
- tulipant — a turban
- tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- tuned in — If someone is tuned in to something, they are aware of it and concentrating on it.
- tung oil — a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
- tungstic — of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.
- tungting — a lake in S China, in Hunan province. 1450 sq. mi. (3755 sq. km).
- tungusic — a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Manchuria and central and SE Siberia, including Manchu, Evenki, Even, and languages of the Amur River region, as Nanay.
- tunicate — Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- tunicked — wearing a tunic
- tunisian — a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- turanian — belonging or pertaining to a group of Asian peoples or languages comprising nearly all of those that are neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
- turbinal — turbinate.
- turbined — having or passing through a turbine or turbines
- turingol — (language) A high-level language for programming Turing Machines by Donald Knuth. It was the subject of the first construction of a nontrivial attribute grammar.
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- turnskin — (in folklore) a creature that can change its skin, esp a werewolf
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- tussling — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- tutoring — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- twin-tub — a type of washing machine that has two revolving drums, one for washing and the other for spin-drying
- ubi sunt — a poetic motif emphasizing the transitory nature of youth, life, and beauty, found especially in medieval Latin poems.
- uintaite — an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- umangite — a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, having a dark blue or red colour and metallic lustre
- unactive — inactive, listless, or idle
- unbaited — (of a trap) not baited or filled with bait
- unbitted — not bitted or bridled.