12-letter words containing o, u, t, i, e
- sustentation — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
- sweat it out — wait tensely
- tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
- tau neutrino — a hypothetical type of neutrino that would obey a conservation law together with the tau lepton, with the total number of tau leptons and tau neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- 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.
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
- theodosius i — ("the Great") a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- thutmose iii — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- tomato juice — liquid from a tomato
- top security — ultra secure
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- 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
- trouser suit — pantsuit.
- true to life — realistic
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- 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.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- tunnel diode — an extremely stable semiconductor diode, having a very narrow highly doped p-n junction, in which electrons travel across the junction by means of the tunnel effect
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- 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.