12-letter words containing i, n, t, r, a, c
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- tetracycline — an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- track racing — a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
- tractoration — a medical technique involving drawing the points of two rods of different metals over the affected body part
- 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 cone — conical road markers
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- transactions — the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transcension — transcendence.
- transcranial — across or through the skull
- 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.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- triacontanol — a long-chain alcohol, CH 3 (CH 2) 28 CH 2 OH, occurring in plant waxes and beeswax, that is a plant growth regulator.
- tricentenary — of or relating to a period of 300 years
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- triticalness — a trite quality or character
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.