12-letter words containing t, r, o, p
- to drop dead — If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
- toilet paper — a soft, lightweight, sanitized paper used in bathrooms for personal cleanliness.
- tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- 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.
- top security — ultra secure
- top sergeant — a first sergeant.
- topaz quartz — citrine (def 2).
- torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- torture porn — a genre of horror films in which sadistic violence or torture is a central aspect of the plot
- tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
- tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- tradesperson — a skilled worker
- 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.
- trans person — a person who is transgender or transsexual.
- transit stop — a stop made by a vehicle such as an aircraft, train or bus on the way to its final destination
- transpicuous — transparent.
- 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
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.
- trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trevor-roper — Hugh (Redwald) [red-wawld] /ˈrɛd wɔld/ (Show IPA), 1914–2003, British historian.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
- tribespeople — members of a tribe; people living a tribal lifestyle
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- trichophyton — a parasitic fungus belonging to the genus Trichophyton that can infect human skin, hair, and nails
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- tricorporate — having three bodies
- trimethoprim — a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- tripartition — division into three parts.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.