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12-letter words containing r, e, l, i, c

  • tetracycline — an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
  • tickler coil — the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
  • tickler file — a file consisting of memoranda, notices, electronic signals, or the like that serves to remind the user of matters that must be attended to.
  • till receipt — a receipt issued from a till
  • 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.
  • traceability — capable of being traced.
  • tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
  • trailer camp — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
  • transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
  • tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • 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.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
  • triticalness — a trite quality or character
  • trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • ultraprecise — extremely accurate
  • unacquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
  • unarticulate — not articulated; not having the use of intelligible language
  • uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • uncoercively — in an uncoercive manner
  • uncommercial — not engaged in or involved with commerce or trade.
  • uncreditable — of ignoble character
  • undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
  • unheroically — in an unheroic manner
  • unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
  • unimolecular — of or involving only one molecular entity
  • unmercifully — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
  • unprelatical — not befitting a prelate
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