12-letter words containing r, e, t, i, c, l
- 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
- 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.
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unprelatical — not befitting a prelate
- unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
- unreflective — not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- vermiculture — the raising and production of earthworms and their by-products.
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- verticillate — disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
- verticillium — a fungus in the Verticillium genus which normally affects plants or insects
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vibratiuncle — a slight vibration
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.