12-letter words containing d, i, c, t, a
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- ultraradical — extremely radical, esp having radical political ideas
- 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.
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unguiculated — clawed, clawlike
- unidealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- uninoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- unitalicized — to print in italic type.
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unsanctified — not sanctified
- unsanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- unsyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- unvaccinated — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- unvindicated — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- victoria day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday.
- vindicatress — a female vindicator
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen