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12-letter words containing t, i, o, u

  • subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
  • succussation — a jolting or shaking
  • suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
  • suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
  • suction stop — click1 (def 3).
  • suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
  • suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
  • sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
  • superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
  • superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
  • superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
  • supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
  • supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
  • supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • suppositious — formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.
  • supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • sustentation — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
  • sweat it out — wait tensely
  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • tau neutrino — a hypothetical type of neutrino that would obey a conservation law together with the tau lepton, with the total number of tau leptons and tau neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
  • tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
  • tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
  • technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
  • technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
  • teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
  • theodosius i — ("the Great") a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395.
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • thirdborough — an under constable of a township
  • through with — having finished with (esp when dissatisfied with)
  • through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
  • thutmose iii — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
  • tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
  • tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
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