12-letter words containing s, m, a, r, t
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
- 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.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- 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.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- 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
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- trout stream — a stream in which trout live and which is a good source for catching trout
- 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
- understratum — a substratum.
- unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
- untransmuted — not transmuted; that has not been transmuted or transformed
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- water system — a river and all its branches.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.