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11-letter words containing a, d, r, t

  • thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
  • 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.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • tight-arsed — inhibited or conservative in attitude or behaviour
  • timber yard — A timber yard is a place where timber is stored and sold.
  • tip and run — a form of cricket in which the batsman must run if his bat touches the ball
  • to a degree — any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
  • to windward — toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
  • top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
  • tordesillas — a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.
  • touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
  • tracker dog — canine trained to detect
  • 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.
  • trade cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
  • trade dress — the total visual image and specific design of a product or service that distinguish it from others and identify its origin or source. Trade dress is protected under trademark law and consists of elements that are not functional, as product packaging or the décor of a business.
  • trade guild — a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.
  • trade paper — a newspaper publishing news of a specific profession or business.
  • trade plate — a numberplate attached temporarily to a vehicle by a dealer, etc, before the vehicle has been registered
  • trade price — the price paid for goods by a retailer to a manufacturer or wholesaler
  • trade route — any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc.
  • trade talks — discussions on the arrangements for international trade
  • trade union — a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.
  • trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
  • traditional — of or relating to tradition.
  • traducement — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
  • traducingly — in a traducing manner
  • tragedienne — an actress especially noted for performing tragic roles.
  • tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
  • trailblazed — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
  • traitorhood — the quality or practice of being a traitor
  • transandine — crossing or beyond the Andes
  • transborder — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
  • transcended — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transdermal — Also, transdermic. transcutaneous.
  • transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
  • transferred — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transgender — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond to that person’s biological sex assigned at birth: the transgender movement; transgender rights.
  • transjordan — an area east of the Jordan River, in SW Asia: a British mandate (1921–23); an emirate (1923–49); now the major part of the kingdom of Jordan.
  • transpadane — on the farther side, especially the northern side of the Po River.
  • transponder — a radio, radar, or sonar transceiver that automatically transmits a signal upon reception of a designated incoming signal.
  • transported — emotionally moved; ecstatic: transported by the music.
  • trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
  • traumatised — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • traumatized — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • travel card — a reusable ticket on more than one journey, route or mode of public transport which is usually valid for a fixed period of time and cheaper than paying for many separate trips
  • tread water — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
  • trepidation — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
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