12-letter words containing r, e, t, i, n, o
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- 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.
- toilet-train — to train (a young child) to use a toilet for bowel and bladder movements.
- token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
- top dressing — tennis court
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- transcension — transcendence.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- 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 knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trigonometer — any of various instruments used in trigonometry
- trigonometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.
- trillionaire — a person whose assets are worth over a trillion of the monetary units of his or her country
- 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 point — the particular temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a given substance are all at equilibrium with one another.
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
- trolley line — the route of a trolley car or trolley bus.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- 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.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- typing error — an error made while using a keyboard to write something
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- unforgetting — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled