7-letter words containing a, u, t, o
- sfumato — the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- shavuot — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- solutal — of or relating to a solute
- soutane — a cassock.
- squanto — died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
- subatom — any component of an atom.
- sudatio — (in an ancient Roman bath) a chamber, between the sudatorium and the calidarium, where sweat was removed.
- suharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- surcoat — a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- tabouli — tabbouleh.
- taichou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- taizhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- takeout — the act or fact of taking out.
- tambour — Music. a drum.
- tap out — type
- tartufo — a mousse-like Italian chocolate dessert
- tatouay — a naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicintus, of tropical South America.
- taunton — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- tetouan — Tetuán.
- thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- tinamou — any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- tohunga — a Māori priest, the repository of traditional lore
- tokelau — an island group in the South Pacific composed of three atolls, Nukunono, Atafu, and Fakaofo; dependent territory of New Zealand. Pop: 1368 (2012 est). Area: about 11 sq km (4 sq miles)
- toluate — a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
- tonghua — a city in SE Jilin province, in NE China.
- tonneau — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- topmaul — a heavy hammer with a steel or wooden head, used in shipbuilding.
- torquay — formerly a borough in SW England: incorporated 1968 with Torbay.
- 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).
- touraco — any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- tourane — former name of Danang.
- tournai — a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- tugboat — a small, powerful boat for towing or pushing ships, barges, etc.
- tuonela — the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- tutuola — Amos. 1920–97, Nigerian writer: his books include The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952) and Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer (1987)
- u-boats — a German submarine.
- upcoast — along a coast in a northward direction
- utamaro — Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
- utopian — of, relating to, or resembling Utopia, an idealized imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516).
- vorkuta — a city N of the Arctic Circle, in the Komi Republic, in NE European Russia.
- walkout — a strike by workers.
- washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
- way-out — advanced in style or technique: way-out jazz.
- zabuton — a large, flat cushion, used in Japan for sitting or kneeling on the floor. See also zafu.