8-letter words containing u, t, o
- nudation — the process of removing coverings or garments or of causing to be bare or uncovered
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- nunation — the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
- nuneaton — a town in Warwickshire, central England, E of Birmingham.
- nutation — an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- nutbrown — dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
- nuthouse — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- obtruded — Simple past tense and past participle of obtrude.
- obtruder — One who obtrudes.
- obtrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtrude.
- obtunded — to blunt; dull; deaden.
- obturate — to stop up; close.
- obtusely — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- obvolute — rolled or turned in.
- occulted — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- occulter — Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events.
- occultly — In an occult manner.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- octavius — a male given name.
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- oestrous — estrous.
- off duty — not engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer.
- off-duty — not engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- ommateum — compound eye.
- open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- open out — lead to wider area
- open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- ossature — the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- oughtn't — ought not, ought not to
- ouistiti — a South American monkey of the family Hapalidae, esp Hapale jacchus
- our town — a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- out cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- out loud — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- out sick — If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick.