7-letter words containing tu
- texture — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- tittupy — spritely; lively
- titular — existing or being such in title only; nominal; having the title but none of the associated duties, powers, etc.: the titular head of the company.
- titulus — a sign bearing the condemned man's name and crime, attached to the top of the cross at a crucifixion
- tortuga — an island off the N coast of and belonging to Haiti: formerly a pirate stronghold. 23 miles (37 km) long; 70 sq. mi. (180 sq. km).
- torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- tractus — an anthem sung in some Roman Catholic masses
- tuatara — a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
- tuatera — a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
- tubaist — a musician who plays the tuba
- tubbish — rather fat or shaped like a tub
- tubeful — the quantity (of something) that a tube can hold
- tubifex — any common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish.
- tubings — material in the form of a tube: glass tubing.
- tublike — resembling a tub in shape
- tubular — having the form or shape of a tube; tubiform.
- tubuli- — tubule or tubular
- tubulin — either of two globular proteins that form the structural subunits of microtubules.
- tuchman — Barbara (Wertheim) [wurt-hahym] /ˈwɜrt haɪm/ (Show IPA), 1912–1989, U.S. historian and writer.
- tuck in — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- tuck up — If you tuck a child up in bed, you tuck them in.
- tuckals — An old statistical package still in use on some VM computers.
- tuckbox — a box used for carrying and storing food, esp one taken to boarding school
- tucuman — a city in NW Argentina.
- tudjman — Franjo [frahn-yoh] /ˈfrɑn yoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1922–99, Croatian general, historian, and politician: president 1991–99.
- tuesday — the third day of the week, following Monday.
- tuffest — tough (def 13).
- tuftily — in tufts or in a tufty manner
- tufting — a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- tugboat — a small, powerful boat for towing or pushing ships, barges, etc.
- tugging — to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.
- tugless — (of a product, clothing, etc) that does not tug or cause tugging, or without any tugs
- tuilyie — to quarrel or argue
- tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- tuk-tuk — (in Thailand) a three-wheeled motor vehicle used as a taxi
- tukhrik — an aluminum-bronze or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of the Mongolian People's Republic, equal to 100 mongo.
- tulchan — the skin of a calf placed next to a cow to induce it to give milk
- tullius — Servius, Servius Tullius.
- tumbler — a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats.
- tumbrel — one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
- tumbril — one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
- tumesce — to swell or become tumid
- tummler — a male entertainer, as formerly employed by resorts in the Catskill Mountains, who combined the duties of a comedian, activities director, and master of ceremonies to keep the guests amused throughout the day.
- tumshie — a turnip
- tumular — of, pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by a tumulus or tumuli.
- tumulus — Archaeology. an artificial mound, especially over a grave; barrow.
- tunable — capable of being tuned.
- tunably — in a way that is able to be tuned
- tundish — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- tune in — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.