12-letter words containing l, a, t, r, e, u
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 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
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
- tranquillize — To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
- trans-sexual — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transvaluate — to change the value of
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- tubular bell — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- turret lathe — a lathe fitted with a turret.
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultraliberal — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
- ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- ultrarealist — a proponent of ultrarealism
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- ultrasensual — extremely sensual
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- unarticulate — not articulated; not having the use of intelligible language
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills