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12-letter words containing s, a, m, r, i, t

  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
  • syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  • tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-release — timed-release.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • times square — a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
  • transformist — an adherent of transformism.
  • transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
  • transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
  • transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
  • transmission — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
  • transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
  • traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
  • trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
  • triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
  • triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
  • trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
  • tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
  • trysail mast — a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.
  • turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
  • ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
  • unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
  • vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
  • victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
  • voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • what is more — moreover, in addition
  • wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
  • williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
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