8-letter words starting with tu
- turbinal — turbinate.
- turbined — having or passing through a turbine or turbines
- turbocar — a car driven by a gas turbine
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turbojet — turbojet engine.
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turf out — remove, eject
- turf war — dispute over territory
- turfless — without any turf
- turgenev — Ivan Sergeevich [ee-vahn syir-gye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, Russian novelist.
- 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.
- turistas — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- turkoman — a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- turkomen — Turkmenistan.
- turlough — a seasonal lake or pond: a low-lying area on limestone, esp in Ireland, that becomes flooded in wet weather by the upsurge of underlying ground water
- turmeric — the aromatic rhizome of an Asian plant, Curcuma domestica (or C. longa), of the ginger family.
- turmoils — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turn out — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turn-off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turnable — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
- turnbull — Malcolm Bligh. born 1954, Australian Liberal politician; prime minister from 2015
- turncoat — a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- turncock — (formerly) an official employed to turn on the water for the mains supply
- turndown — that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.
- turnhall — a building in which gymnastics is taught and practised
- turnover — an act or result of turning over; upset.
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- 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.
- turreted — furnished with a turret or turrets.
- turrical — of, relating to, or resembling a turret.
- tusculan — an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.
- tusculum — an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.
- tuskegee — a city in E Alabama: location of Tuskegee Institute.
- tuskless — (in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- tussling — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- tussocky — abounding in tussocks.
- tutelage — the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship.
- tutelary — having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing: tutelary saint.
- tutorage — the office, authority, or care of a tutor.
- tutoress — a woman who is a tutor.
- tutorial — pertaining to or exercised by a tutor: tutorial functions or authority.
- tutoring — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- tutorism — the office or duties of a tutor
- tutorize — to tutor or instruct (a person)
- tuvaluan — a parliamentary state consisting of a group of islands in the central Pacific, S of the equator: a former British colony; gained independence 1978. 10 sq. mi. (26 sq. km). Capital: Funafuti.
- tuxedoed — wearing a tuxedo