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11-letter words containing a, r, t, e, i, o

  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
  • theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
  • thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • 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
  • titanothere — any member of the extinct mammalian family Brontotheriidae, large, horned relatives of the horse common in North America and Eurasia from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs.
  • tonic water — drink: carbonated water
  • tordesillas — a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.
  • tracheation — the arrangement of tracheae in insects and other arthropods.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
  • trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
  • trepidation — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
  • trial horse — an opponent who performs against a superior foe in a workout or exhibition.
  • tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
  • 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.
  • tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
  • trisepalous — having three sepals.
  • trithionate — a salt of trithionic acid
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
  • tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
  • ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
  • unamortized — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
  • underaction — inadequate activity
  • unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
  • unicolorate — of one colour
  • unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
  • unoriginate — not having an origin
  • urticaceous — belonging to the Urticaceae, the nettle family of plants.
  • utopianizer — an idealist
  • valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
  • vaporimeter — an instrument for measuring vapor pressure or volume.
  • variegation — an act of variegating.
  • vectorially — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
  • ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
  • verberation — a lashing, beating, or whipping
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