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12-letter words containing d, i, a, t

  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
  • 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.
  • thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
  • third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • third-grader — a pupil in their third year of education, esp in the US and Canada
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • three-gaited — noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.
  • tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
  • tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
  • tiger lizard — either of two lacertid lizards, Nucras intertexta and N. tessellata, of southern Africa, having a gray or brown body marked with black spots and bars.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • titanic acid — any of various acids derived from titanium dioxide, especially H 2 TiO 3 or Ti(OH) 4 .
  • tits and ass — the presentation of women in titillating costumes or postures, especially as a feature of an entertainment, as a musical revue.
  • 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 and tail — method of washing a baby
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • trading card — one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • traditionist — a traditionalist.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • training aid — a mechanical contrivance used to supplement other forms and methods of training: Motion pictures and slides were used as training aids.
  • 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.
  • transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • transudation — the act or process of transuding.
  • tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
  • trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
  • tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
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