12-letter words containing s, t, a, r, c
- trachybasalt — a fine-grained volcanic rock containing sanidine and calcic plagioclase.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- 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.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- trade secret — a secret process, technique, method, etc., used to advantage in a trade, business, profession, etc.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- transactions — the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc
- transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
- 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
- transcurrent — running or extending across or transversely.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- 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.
- transference — the act or process of transferring.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- transparence — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- 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
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- troposcatter — the scattering or extended propagation of radio signals using the local irregularities in the Earth's troposphere
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.