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

  • tea trolley — a trolley from which tea is served
  • technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  • teeterboard — a seesaw; teeter.
  • teetotaller — a person who abstains totally from intoxicating drink.
  • temerarious — reckless; rash.
  • temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
  • temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
  • temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
  • terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
  • term of art — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
  • termination — the act of terminating.
  • terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
  • terra cotta — a hard, brown-red, usually unglazed earthenware used for pottery, sculpture, etc.
  • terra-cotta — made of or having the color of terra cotta.
  • terraqueous — consisting of land and water, as the earth.
  • territorial — of or relating to territory or land.
  • territorian — an inhabitant of the Northern Territory
  • tessaraglot — relating to four languages grouped together
  • teton range — a mountain range in NW Wyoming and SE Idaho: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Grand Teton, about 13,700 feet (4175 meters).
  • tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
  • tetragonous — related to a tetragon
  • tetrahedron — Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
  • tetramerous — consisting of or divided into four parts.
  • tetrandrous — having four stamens.
  • tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
  • tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
  • texas tower — an offshore radar-equipped platform supported by foundations sunk into the floor of the ocean, formerly used as part of a system for warning against air attacks.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the argonne — a wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the creator — an epithet of God
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • theatergoer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
  • theatregoer — a person who is at the theatre or who goes regularly to the theatre to see plays
  • 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.
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • 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
  • thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
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