12-letter words containing c, r, o, u, t
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- top security — ultra secure
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- 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.
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- 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.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.