12-letter words containing c, o, t, a, g
- tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- teleological — of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
- thigmotactic — movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
- uncollegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
- wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
- waistcoating — a fabric for making waistcoats.
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.