12-letter words containing t, i, g, r
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- top dressing — tennis court
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- track racing — a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
- trading card — one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trailblazing — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trailing arm — A trailing arm is part of the suspension for the axle of a vehicle which moves up and down as the vehicle travels over a bumpy surface.
- training aid — a mechanical contrivance used to supplement other forms and methods of training: Motion pictures and slides were used as training aids.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transgenesis — the transfer of human genes into animals or cultured cells, especially to produce molecules with therapeutic value.
- transmigrant — a person or thing that transmigrates.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmitting — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
- tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
- trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trick riding — the performance of tricks on horseback
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- trigonometer — any of various instruments used in trigonometry
- trigonometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.
- trigrammatic — relating to a trigram
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- triple-digit — being in the hundreds or in a figure or amount from 100 through 999: triple-digit budget figures.