12-letter words containing t, e, n, s, o, r
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transgressor — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- 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.
- ultroneously — spontaneously; voluntarily
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- unsupportive — giving support.
- unsurmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- untremendous — not tremendous or marvellous; not astounding or inspiring awe
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.
- van der post — Sir Laurens (Jan). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)
- vector boson — one of the three particles that are believed to transmit the weak force: the positively charged W particle, the negatively charged W particle, and the neutral Z 0 particle.
- ventrodorsal — pertaining to the ventral and dorsal aspects of the body; extending from the ventral to the dorsal side.
- virtuousness — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- 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
- vitreousness — the state of being vitreous
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
- western blot — a highly sensitive procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific protein in a mixed extract, as in testing for AIDS virus protein in a blood sample: proteins are separated by gel electrophoresis and transferred to a special filter paper, on which the protein under investigation can be detected by a probe, as the binding of a labeled antibody.
- western roll — a technique in high-jumping in which the jumper executes a half-turn of the body to clear the bar
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.