12-letter words containing c, a, o, e, t
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- tail section — the back or rear section of an aeroplane
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- talent scout — a person whose business it is to recognize and recruit persons of marked aptitude for a certain field or occupation, especially in entertainment or sports.
- tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- tectonically — of or relating to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
- teleological — of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
- telolecithal — having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
- tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
- the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- 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.
- thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco