12-letter words containing d, i, r, t
- 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.
- 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.
- tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
- trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- 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.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trick riding — the performance of tricks on horseback
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- triple-digit — being in the hundreds or in a figure or amount from 100 through 999: triple-digit budget figures.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbidimeter — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- turbidimetry — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders