11-letter words containing m, r, n
- syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
- t formation — an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up directly behind the center with the fullback about three yards behind the quarterback and the halfbacks on opposite sides of and about one yard from the fullback.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- tarim basin — a region in W China between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountain ranges. About 350,000 sq. mi. (906,000 sq. km).
- tartan army — fans of the Scottish football team, considered as a group
- tate modern — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- tegumentary — a covering or vestment; integument.
- temperament — the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- termination — the act of terminating.
- terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
- terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- terne metal — an alloy of lead and tin used for plating.
- testamentar — testamentary
- tetrahymena — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Tetrahymena, a relative of the paramecium: often used in genetics research.
- the interim — the intervening time; the meantime (esp in the phrase in the interim)
- the kremlin — the citadel of Moscow, in which some government offices of the Soviet Union were located: it now contains some offices of the Russian government
- the moer in — furious; enraged
- the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
- the permian — the Permian period or rock system
- theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
- thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- throne room — a chamber, usually containing a throne, used by a sovereign for audiences.
- thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
- thunder mug — a chamber pot.
- timbromania — a mania or passion for stamp-collecting
- timing gear — (in an internal-combustion engine) the drive between the crankshaft and the camshaft, usually giving a ratio of 2 : 1
- tiring room — a dressing room, especially in a theater.
- to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- traducement — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
- train smash — a disaster or serious setback (esp in the phrase it's not a train smash)
- trainmaster — a person who has charge of operations over one portion of a railroad.
- trammel net — a three-layered fishing net, the middle layer of which is fine-meshed, the others coarse-meshed, so that fish attempting to pass through the net will become entangled in one or more of the meshes.
- trans woman — an adult who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transdermal — Also, transdermic. transcutaneous.
- transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
- transhumant — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.