12-letter words containing a, s, o, r, t, e
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- teratomatous — relating to a tumour typically of the gonads
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- tetrapterous — Zoology. having four wings or winglike appendages.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
- thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
- top sergeant — a first sergeant.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- tradesperson — a skilled worker
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- trans person — a person who is transgender or transsexual.
- transcension — transcendence.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transgressor — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- traverse rod — a horizontal rod upon which drapes slide to open or close when pulled by cords.
- tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.