12-letter words containing a, s, u, l, t, r
- 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
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- thrust fault — a low-angle reverse fault produced in rocks subjected to thrust.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- trans-sexual — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transannular — of or relating to tautomerism in cyclic compounds that is characterized by the migration of an atom or group from one position in the ring to another.
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transnatural — beyond nature, spiritual
- transvaluate — to change the value of
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- trustability — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- 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.
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- ultrarealist — a proponent of ultrarealism
- ultrasensual — extremely sensual
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- uniseriately — in a uniseriate manner
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- unscriptural — not scriptural
- untranslated — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urolithiasis — a diseased condition marked by the formation of stones in the urinary tract.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.