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11-letter words containing a, c, e, t, o

  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • theomachist — a person who battles against the gods or resists the will of the gods
  • theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thiocyanate — a salt or ester of thiocyanic acid, as sodium thiocyanate, NaSCN.
  • tic-tac-toe — a simple game in which one player marks down only X's and another only O's, each alternating in filling in any of the nine compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossed by two horizontal lines, the winner being the first to fill in three marks in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
  • ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
  • tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
  • to a nicety — with precision
  • to be exact — You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying.
  • to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
  • toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
  • tonic water — drink: carbonated water
  • tooth decay — dental caries.
  • torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
  • tower crane — a rotatable cantilever jib on top of a steelwork tower used on building sites where the operator needs to command a good view of the site
  • toxic waste — waste material that can be harmful or deadly to living creatures and the environment
  • tracheation — the arrangement of tracheae in insects and other arthropods.
  • tracheotomy — the operation of cutting into the trachea.
  • track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
  • tracker dog — canine trained to detect
  • tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
  • tractorfeed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
  • tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
  • tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
  • transection — to cut across; dissect transversely.
  • translocate — to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
  • treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • treachetour — a traitor
  • trench coat — a waterproof overcoat styled along military lines, belted, with straps on the shoulders and lower sleeves.
  • triceratops — any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.
  • trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
  • trolley car — a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
  • tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
  • tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • tweetcation — a short break from posting on the Twitter website
  • tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
  • unaccounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • unallocated — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
  • uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
  • uncombative — not combative or confrontational
  • uncompacted — not compacted
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