8-letter words containing u, n, t, r, s
- 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.
- turnskin — (in folklore) a creature that can change its skin, esp a werewolf
- turnsole — any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- underset — a current of water below the surface and flowing in a direction contrary to the water on the surface.
- undesert — a lack of merit or worth
- unitrust — a charitable trust which pays the beneficiary a fixed percentage of the value of the assets each year. This value is taken as the fair market value of those assets
- unpriest — to strip a person of the priesthood; defrock
- unrested — not rested; tired; fatigued
- unrusted — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- unsecret — not secret
- unsorted — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- unstarch — to free from stiffness
- unstarry — not resembling or characteristic of a star from the entertainment world
- unstress — absence of stress (as on a weak syllable); the pronunciation of an unstressed syllable
- unstring — to deprive of strings: to unstring a violin.
- unstruck — not struck
- unstrung — simple past tense and past participle of unstring.
- untruism — something that is false; an untrue statement
- untrusty — not trusty or trustworthy; undependable
- urbanist — a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- ventrous — adventurous