12-letter words containing c, a, t, e, r, i
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- trailer camp — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- 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
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transcension — transcendence.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- tricentenary — of or relating to a period of 300 years
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- tricorporate — having three bodies
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- triple cream — a fresh, soft cheese of France, containing at least 72 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- triticalness — a trite quality or character
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unarticulate — not articulated; not having the use of intelligible language
- unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unprelatical — not befitting a prelate
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- uv ceti star — flare star.
- varia lectio — a variant reading.