12-letter words containing t, i, p, s, a
- swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tapioca snow — snow pellets.
- tapsalteerie — topsy-turvy.
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- tissue paper — a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc.
- tomato aspic — aspic1 (def 2).
- tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
- 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.
- trainspotter — A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see.
- transit camp — a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination
- transit stop — a stop made by a vehicle such as an aircraft, train or bus on the way to its final destination
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transpontine — across or beyond a bridge.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.