12-letter words containing t, r, i, a, l, o
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- 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.
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thoracically — by way of the thorax; in the thorax
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- toilet paper — a soft, lightweight, sanitized paper used in bathrooms for personal cleanliness.
- toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
- toilet-train — to train (a young child) to use a toilet for bowel and bladder movements.
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- totalitarian — of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- transitional — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- triacontanol — a long-chain alcohol, CH 3 (CH 2) 28 CH 2 OH, occurring in plant waxes and beeswax, that is a plant growth regulator.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- trillionaire — a person whose assets are worth over a trillion of the monetary units of his or her country
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- tripolitania — Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- 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.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.