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11-letter words containing s, t, a, n

  • tantalising — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
  • taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
  • tarim basin — a region in W China between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountain ranges. About 350,000 sq. mi. (906,000 sq. km).
  • tax evasion — the nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.
  • tax sharing — revenue sharing.
  • tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
  • teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • ten's place — ten (def 6).
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tennis ball — a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
  • tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
  • tennysonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.
  • tensionally — in a tensional manner
  • tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
  • testamentar — testamentary
  • testimonial — a written declaration certifying to a person's character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc., of a thing; a letter or written statement of recommendation.
  • testudinate — formed like the carapace of a tortoise; arched; vaulted.
  • tetragonous — related to a tetragon
  • tetrandrous — having four stamens.
  • thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • the dansant — a tea dance.
  • the heavens — the sky
  • the instant — To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately.
  • the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the nations — the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
  • the spanish — Spaniards collectively
  • the-seasons — an oratorio (1801) by Franz Joseph Haydn.
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
  • thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
  • tidal basin — an artificial body of water open to a river, stream, etc., subject to tidal action.
  • tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  • time signal — a signal sent electrically or by radio to indicate a precise moment of time as a means of checking or regulating timepieces.
  • time-saving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
  • tobacconist — a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.
  • tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
  • tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
  • tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
  • tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
  • torsion bar — a metal bar having elasticity when subjected to torsion: used as a spring in various machines and in automobile suspensions.
  • tostication — drunkenness, intoxication; confusion
  • townscaping — the act of designing a town
  • trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
  • trailbaston — a judging commission first created by Edward I of England which punished crimes and trespass
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