12-letter words containing s, i, c, a, t
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transcension — transcendence.
- transcranial — across or through the skull
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- triatic stay — a backstay for the head of a fore-and-aft-rigged topmast, running down to the head of the lower mast next aft.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- triticalness — a trite quality or character
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unidealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- unit's place — unit (def 8).
- unsanctified — not sanctified
- unsanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- unscriptural — not scriptural
- unsyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- unsystematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- uv ceti star — flare star.
- varicosities — the state or condition of being varicose.
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- vindicatress — a female vindicator
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.