12-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c
- 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.
- 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
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- 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
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- 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
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- 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.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- unchristened — not christened
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- uninstructed — not instructed; uninformed; uneducated.
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unrespective — not attentive; unheeding
- unrestricted — confined; limited.
- unscriptural — not scriptural
- uv ceti star — flare star.
- varicosities — the state or condition of being varicose.
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- victoriously — having achieved a victory; conquering; triumphant: our victorious army.
- victory ship — a fast, turbine-powered cargo ship of World War II, having a capacity of about 11,000 dead-weight tons.
- vindicatress — a female vindicator
- visceromotor — of or relating to the normal movements of the viscera, especially the digestive tract.
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- viscerotonic — of, relating to, or possessing the character traits typical of viscerotonia
- vociferosity — the characteristic of being vociferous
- waistcoateer — a prostitute
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.