12-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- third gender — a gender classification in societies that recognize a gender other than male or female.
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- time-binding — the distinctively human attribute of preserving memories and records of experiences for the use of subsequent generations.
- time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
- top dressing — tennis court
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- tunnel diode — an extremely stable semiconductor diode, having a very narrow highly doped p-n junction, in which electrons travel across the junction by means of the tunnel effect
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- twin-engined — (of an aircraft) having two engines
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- un-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unalleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unbenefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- unchristened — not christened