11-letter words containing l, i, t, e, o
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- tin soldier — a miniature toy soldier of cast metal, usually of lead.
- titleholder — a person who holds a title.
- to set sail — When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port.
- to the hilt — the handle of a sword or dagger.
- to the life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- tocqueville — Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, French statesman and author.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toggle iron — a pin, bolt, or rod placed transversely through a chain, an eye or loop in a rope, etc., as to bind it temporarily to another chain or rope similarly treated.
- toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
- toilet bowl — the ceramic bowl of a toilet.
- toilet roll — A toilet roll is a long narrow strip of toilet paper that is wound around a small cardboard tube.
- toilet seat — a detachable, ringlike seat of wood or plastic hinged to the top of a toilet bowl.
- toilet soap — a mild and usually perfumed soap for washing the hands and face and for bathing.
- tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- toll bridge — a bridge at which a toll is charged.
- toolbuilder — Tool Builder Kit
- tordesillas — a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.
- totipalmate — having all four toes fully webbed.
- toxophilite — a devotee of archery; archer.
- toy soldier — child's plaything: small military figure
- trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trelliswork — latticework.
- trial horse — an opponent who performs against a superior foe in a workout or exhibition.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricoloured — having three colours
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- trim cooler — A trim cooler is a water-cooled heat exchanger which is used in addition to an air-cooled heat exchanger.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- tumour-like — (of a growth, swelling, nodule, etc) resembling a tumour or tumours
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
- unemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- unexploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- unicolorate — of one colour