12-letter words containing r, a, t, e, m
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- trailer camp — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
- 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.
- triple cream — a fresh, soft cheese of France, containing at least 72 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trout stream — a stream in which trout live and which is a good source for catching trout
- truck camper — a type of camper designed to be mounted on a pickup truck.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
- ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undergarment — an article of underwear.
- underlayment — material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc.
- understratum — a substratum.
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unenumerated — to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unmarketable — readily salable.