12-letter words containing a, l, o, u, t
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- take counsel — receive advice
- talent scout — a person whose business it is to recognize and recruit persons of marked aptitude for a certain field or occupation, especially in entertainment or sports.
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- traumatology — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- tumultuation — a tumultuous state or the act of creating a tumult
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue