12-letter words containing t, e, n, c, i, r
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- stringencies — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- syncretistic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
- technetronic — pertaining to or characterized by cultural changes brought about by advances in technology, electronics, and communications: a technetronic era.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
- tetracycline — an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- 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
- 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.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- tricentenary — of or relating to a period of 300 years
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.