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12-letter words containing s, l, e, u, t

  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
  • the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
  • to cut loose — If a person or an organization cuts loose or is cut loose, they become free from the influence or authority of other people.
  • tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
  • tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
  • trans-sexual — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
  • translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
  • translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
  • transvaluate — to change the value of
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
  • troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • 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
  • true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
  • trustfulness — full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.
  • truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
  • tuberculosed — tuberculous
  • 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.
  • tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
  • ultraleftist — ultraleft.
  • ultraprecise — extremely accurate
  • ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
  • ultrarealist — a proponent of ultrarealism
  • ultrasensual — extremely sensual
  • ultraserious — extremely serious
  • ultroneously — spontaneously; voluntarily
  • un-stressful — full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.
  • unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
  • unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
  • uncle tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks.
  • underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
  • undigestible — indigestible.
  • undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
  • undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
  • undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
  • undivestedly — in an undivested manner
  • ungentleness — the condition of being ungentle
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