12-letter words containing a, n, i, m, t, r
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- sint maarten — St. Martin.
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- tank farming — hydroponics.
- 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.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- trailing arm — A trailing arm is part of the suspension for the axle of a vehicle which moves up and down as the vehicle travels over a bumpy surface.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmission — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.