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12-letter words containing g, u, t

  • supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • supraglottal — situated above the glottis
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
  • talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
  • 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
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
  • 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
  • tempus fugit — time flies
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
  • thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • therethrough — (of a place) through it; through them
  • thirdborough — an under constable of a township
  • thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  • thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
  • thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
  • thoroughwort — boneset.
  • thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • through with — having finished with (esp when dissatisfied with)
  • through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
  • through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
  • thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
  • toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
  • tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
  • tongue graft — whip graft.
  • tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
  • touch and go — precarious situation
  • touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
  • touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
  • touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
  • tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
  • tough it out — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
  • 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
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • traumatology — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
  • treasury tag — a short piece of cord having metal ends one of which can be slotted inside the other: used for holding papers together or fastening them into a file
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