12-letter words containing t, e, r, a, i, u
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- litterateurs — Plural form of litterateur.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.
- mitrailleuse — a machine gun.
- mitre square — a tool with two blades that are at a fixed angle to one another, used to bevel a mitre joint
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mouse trails — (operating system) A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find.
- mousquetaire — musketeer.
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- multi-garnet — A better constraint system for Garnet. Version 2.1 by Michael Sannella <[email protected]>.
- multicentral — having or dependent on several centres; multicentre
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- multilateral — having several or many sides; many-sided.
- multilayered — having two or more layers.
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
- multiseriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.