12-letter words containing t, a, r, s, n
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- triticalness — a trite quality or character
- trojan horse — Classical Mythology. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and conquered the city.
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- trustafarian — a young person from a wealthy background whose trust fund enables him or her to eschew conventional attitudes to work, dress, drug taking, etc
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- turn against — become hostile to
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultrasensual — extremely sensual
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- under arrest — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- underservant — a servant of inferior or subordinate rank.
- understaffed — having an insufficient number of personnel: The hospital is understaffed.
- understander — a person who understands
- understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
- understratum — a substratum.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undesecrated — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- 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;
- uniseriately — in a uniseriate manner
- unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- unrestrained — not restrained or controlled; uncontrolled or uncontrollable: the unrestrained birthrate in some countries.
- unsaturation — not saturated; having the power to dissolve still more of a substance.
- unscriptural — not scriptural
- unsegregated — not segregated, especially not subject to racial division; integrated: an unsegregated community.
- unstaggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- unstationary — standing still; not moving.
- unstratified — not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers: unstratified rocks.
- untranslated — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
- untransmuted — not transmuted; that has not been transmuted or transformed
- untrespassed — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.