12-letter words containing t, r, i, a, l, s
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- strata title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- 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.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- 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
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- superquality — above-average quality
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- tapsalteerie — topsy-turvy.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- time-release — timed-release.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- 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.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- transcranial — across or through the skull
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transitional — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- transvaalian — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.