12-letter words containing c, a, t, i, o, n
- stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
- stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- succussation — a jolting or shaking
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- tail section — the back or rear section of an aeroplane
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- tapioca snow — snow pellets.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- 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.
- 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.
- tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
- thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- tonic accent — prominence given to a syllable in speaking, usually due to a change, especially a rise, in pitch.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- tractoration — a medical technique involving drawing the points of two rods of different metals over the affected body part
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- 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
- transactions — the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc
- transcension — transcendence.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- triacontanol — a long-chain alcohol, CH 3 (CH 2) 28 CH 2 OH, occurring in plant waxes and beeswax, that is a plant growth regulator.
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.