12-letter words containing m, i, t, r, a
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- tiger market — any of the four most important markets on the Pacific rim after Japan: Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- time charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-release — timed-release.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- times square — a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trailer camp — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- trailing arm — A trailing arm is part of the suspension for the axle of a vehicle which moves up and down as the vehicle travels over a bumpy surface.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmission — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- 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.
- tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trichromatic — pertaining to the use or combination of three colors, as in printing or in color photography.
- trigrammatic — relating to a trigram
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.