12-letter words containing o, s, e, l, t
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
- thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- to cut loose — If a person or an organization cuts loose or is cut loose, they become free from the influence or authority of other people.
- to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
- tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
- tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- tossed salad — a salad consisting of one or more greens, tomatoes, etc., tossed with a dressing.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribespeople — members of a tribe; people living a tribal lifestyle
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- ultroneously — spontaneously; voluntarily
- uncle tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks.
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length