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

  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • thick-lipped — having thick lips
  • thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
  • thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
  • 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.
  • third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
  • 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.
  • titanic acid — any of various acids derived from titanium dioxide, especially H 2 TiO 3 or Ti(OH) 4 .
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • 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).
  • unchristened — not christened
  • uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
  • uncreditable — of ignoble character
  • uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • undeductible — capable of being deducted.
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
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