11-letter words containing t, e, l, r, c, o
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- terry-cloth — the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- three-color — having or characterized by the use of three colors.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
- tone colour — the quality of a musical sound that is conditioned or distinguished by the upper partials or overtones present in it
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- translocate — to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricoloured — having three colours
- trim cooler — A trim cooler is a water-cooled heat exchanger which is used in addition to an air-cooled heat exchanger.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- trolley car — a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
- tuberculose — tuberculate.
- tuberculous — tubercular.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- underclothe — to supply with underclothes
- unicolorate — of one colour
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- vectorially — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- velocimeter — any of various instruments for measuring velocity, as of a wave in water or of sound in air.
- velocimetry — the measurement of the speed of sound in fluids
- viceroyalty — the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
- victorville — a city in SE California.
- victoryless — without victory
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
- watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.
- watercooler — Alternative spelling of water cooler.
- waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish