11-letter words containing r, i, t, e, o
- telesterion — (in ancient Greece) a building in which religious mysteries were celebrated.
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- temerarious — reckless; rash.
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- tenebrionid — darkling beetle.
- tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- termination — the act of terminating.
- terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
- terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- terremotive — related to an earthquake
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- terrigenous — produced by the earth.
- territorial — of or relating to territory or land.
- territorian — an inhabitant of the Northern Territory
- territoried — owning territory
- terrorising — to fill or overcome with terror.
- terroristic — a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
- text editor — a program for editing stored documents, performing such functions as adding, deleting, or moving text.
- the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the inferno — hell; the infernal region
- the moer in — furious; enraged
- the trizone — the area of Germany from 1945-49, later to become West Germany, comprising three zones occupied by Britain, USA and France respectively
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
- theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- theodore ii — pope a.d. 897.
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- there is no — If you say there is no doing a particular thing, you mean that it is very difficult or impossible to do that thing.
- theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.