11-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
- thoracotomy — incision into the chest cavity.
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
- thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
- thrash over — to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- thread rope — cordage 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) or less in thickness.
- throatlatch — a strap that passes under a horse's throat and helps to hold a bridle or halter in place.
- thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
- tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
- 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
- timbromania — a mania or passion for stamp-collecting
- tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.
- tit-for-tat — A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.
- 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.
- to a degree — any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
- to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- to windward — toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
- toastmaster — a person who presides at a dinner and introduces the after-dinner speakers.
- tobacco jar — a container formerly used for storing tobacco and keeping it fresh
- tocharian a — the eastern dialect of Tocharian
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
- top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
- top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- topographer — a specialist in topography.
- topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
- tordesillas — a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.
- torontonian — a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
- torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
- torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
- torsion bar — a metal bar having elasticity when subjected to torsion: used as a spring in various machines and in automobile suspensions.