12-letter words containing s, t, e, a, r, i
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
- the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
- thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
- third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-release — timed-release.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- times square — a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tissue paper — a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- 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
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transcension — transcendence.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transgenesis — the transfer of human genes into animals or cultured cells, especially to produce molecules with therapeutic value.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.