12-letter words containing g, r, o, a, t
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- target group — intended audience or customers
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- theatre-goer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- through bass — figured bass.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- tollgatherer — a person who collects tolls, taxes, or other imposts.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- top sergeant — a first sergeant.
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- 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.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transgressor — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- traumatology — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- turkoman rug — any of a number of handwoven rugs produced by the Turkomans and characterized by coarse warp and filling yarn, a short, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of geometric, marine, and serpentine designs.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unoriginated — not originated
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- voting paper — a ballot.
- wagon master — wagon boss.